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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
CONROE
W. q Mnton

conroe tho county seat ~ Montsom-
er.y county. a busy and growing town
OF nf,een hundred people Is situated IN
the center Of rich and old cnunty. the
International and Great Northern and Gulf
Colorado and Santa Fe railways running
through the town, giving excellent rails
road facilities and All outlet by rail 10 the
North, East. weet and South.
The town boasts o, $250o public school
building. the enrollmen, OF zee pupils and
an able faculty, Ne have handsome church
ediaccs. all cd Witch are Well attended.
We also have an elegant opera house ~hel c
The theaier goers arc often entertained.
The Masoas and knights Of Pythtas each
maintain strong and growing organisa-
Itioh. each having large and beautiful
Lsll. richly furnished. Ccnroe also has q
substantial private hank with large capi-
tai one Ice and cold storage plant, cotton
gin aud corn mill three hotels. two res
taltshts four doctors, four lawyers, Two
rial estate aud abstract firms; aud her
public buildings, brick court house aud
iell are ornaments 10 the town and county
and IN keeping with the wealth, push and
enterprise of OUR people Us
This ,owa Is expcrsss.y prcad 0. che
extensive lumber manufacturing plant,
which Is complete IN every department.
being cluipp<u with The most improved
appliances for the manufacture Of lumber
of all kinds, and giving employment and
sus pert 10 about 400 people.
Tho town Is backed up by rich farming
and fruit growing country, and thrifty
aud prosperous people, our lands in this
section being especially adapied 10 fruit
growing and tobacco Industry, which has
already became most profitable TO our iar,n-
era the tobacco grown here having proved
equal 70 The genuine Havana.
the conroc Courier bright, newsy
eight mage weekly. ahly edited rs II p.
Jones il xn index to tho ratcrprise. intel
PIE.
uonrce y maintaining rapid ana solid
e1owA Win prospects to coon beoaue
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FAYETTEVILLE.

This Is flourishing Incorporated
town on the main line Of the Missouri,
Kansas ard Texas railway. thirteen miles
south OF La Grange, the county seat OF
Fayctte county. and eighty-two miles north
OF Houston. Fayetteville was laid off in
1870 and has population o: 1000 souls.
The city is elegantly laid off and has
many well stocked stores and beaatiinl
homes The churches represented are
Catholic. Lutheran and Methodist. The Sc
cret societies arc web represented and haVr
nicely furnished lodge rooms
The educational facilities are excellent
and have the latest improved methods OF
learning. The town is we'll supplied by
good volunteer fire department ard plenty
of good pure water The place and sur
rounding country is healthy AID rich, and
cotton is the cLief proiuci of which Goa9
to 1000 bales are shipped annually Modern
machinery and implements in all lines
have changed this town aud country Won
derfully since the past ten years. The pep
pie are prosperous, active, social, moral
and law abiding, C. J. Sehramm.
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CARMINE.

[ cermiae is located in tho north cor
nsr Of Fayette county and is pro-
greaslve shipping point OF tho fleecy staple.
Hhgre afe iwp large cotton platforms for
unloading cotton one handsome and tom-
uodious passenger and freight depot, with
express office one posiofice. for money
orders, FIX general stores. Two gins aud
grisl mile, ope lumber yard, two black
sml,h shops TWO jeweiry and matchmaker
sheps. one saddlery, one furniture house
and undertaken TWO patent veil sinkers.
t~D barber shops one drug store, one
photograph gallery two telephone stations.
one meat market two public schools, TWO
special cotton buyers. five cotton seed
buyers, one hotel one livery stable, two
regular saloons. besides two beer hats
and one ico md beer vault TO keep ihnsu
ro9l that mlsht get bot in regard 10 Tie
pruHeut outlook FOR war. and TWO excellent
doctors thai are busy keeping the people
IL good health.
There afe sixty-three dwellings all oocu-
pied except three. which ere standing va
can't besides the large and comnodious
hall md park owned by the members OF
the Cedar Greek Shuetzenyeretn. The sur
rfNAdings ms rich and productive lands
ihickly settled by good. industrious farm
ers OTIS
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COL.IAD.

The town OF Goliad Is situated \. !.
beautiful valley on the north side =
The San Antonio river opposite thu -
town Of La Bahia Of Texas historic a.
Within the last few years i, has rrc,s
from a mere hamlet 10 a prosperous -
thriving town Of 1000 inhabitants. or "a
cent years ii has added to its public -
provements fine and we'll equipped prk
iic school building; costing sli 900 eors.
house. costing $4,000, elegant and ths,
oughly modern in all its appointment g
fine system OF water works and a v.d
equipped and wen organized fire ccmuss,ss
a good oil mill and three gins. ~
churches. representing the various Chris
tian denominations: besides quite a n,ts
Der OF good substantial business housss i
among them two banks. and numerous ~
CANT residences. Goliad is connected IA
all neighborfng towns and soon win ~
with the larger cities of the State by tAis
prone, and has in prospect for the ness
future a good system Of electric lights. ~
several elegant brick business houses: ~ 4
lis thoroughly abreast or the times IN 81 4
things pertaining 10 public and private e. \
jerprise
The climate of this section is mild ~
healthful. the soil rich and productive. "a
considerable portion of country surroun6fss
Gciiad is still unsettled. and it ia onis
neeSed that these lands should be settli
by thrifty farmers In order to make GolisS Z
enc CT the largest and most prosperom
cities in the Southwest.
q y De-
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u Glddings, the county seat. is the
principal town In Lae colsnty. and has
population OF 1900 /, is located ct the
Junction Of the Houston and Texas Central
and the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
railroads, placing 1t in easy access 10 the
greater portion OF the county. The sur-
rounding country is adapted to farming
and fruit growing. II has thirty fous
business es,ahli- hmenis representing
every branch OF industry that goes 10 make
up a thrifty and prosperous town. There
Is one National bank With CAPITAL stock
q s5o.ceo, doing thriving business. The
Presbyterian. Baptist Methodist ana Ger
man Lufhsrn churches all have church or
PLANTATIONS and church edlfices. The public
school system Is second to none In the
STATE. y has a coras Of sFycn teachers ana
an 5000 brick school building il Is one
q loo hest markets within rasMs II
fifty mles. There have been shipped fson,
here this season about COCO bales OF cotton.
William o. nowe,s.
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EAGLE LAKE.

Eagle Lake is situated on the prairie
in the eastern part Of Colorado county.
! about sixty miles west OF Houston. where
the Arkansas Pass crosses the southern Pa
cfic. These two main lines give US fine
railroad facilities. In addition to this the
Cane Belt" new road in course Of con
struetion, under the efficient manage
ment OF the enterprising firm OF Duno-
want q Eldridge. will give us greater ad-
vantages. which Will doubtless add
very much 10 the interest of the city. as
this road will penetrate the rich valley Of
the Colorado, aad thereby render cane
raising more profitable. 1t is expected
also to be the means of causing the cree
ton Of large sugar refinery at Lake side.
one mile from town on the banks OF the
beautiful lake from which the town re-
ceived its name.
We now have a population Of about 1900
and the town is constantly growing by the
addition Of good. enterprisins, law abiding
people
Five years ago 1000 bales Of cotton WAS
considered a good annual shipment Last
year we shipped over $4,000 bales. and had
not the crop been greatly damaged by I'M
favorable weather the shipment this sea
son would have been between 1900 and
5000 bales. A few years ago no cane was
raised in the community. Now We shin
annually 100000 pounds of sugar and sew
eral hundred barrels OF uolasses, with the
prospects OF a large increase in the near
future.
In addition to this We have perhaps the
largest shipping pecan market in the
world. Over seveniy-nve carloads of the
nuts were shipped from here last fall We
have first class high school. which runs
eight months in the year, and the Bap-
fists. Episcopalians, Christians, Catholics
and Methodists all have good congrega-
lions. Our society is of the highest and
best type. Our town and country IS filled
with live, progressive. energetic peuale.
whose latch strings hang on the outside
10 all good people who desire 10 come
among US. }. X Davidson.
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ELORESNlLLE.

Floresville, the county seat OF WI
son county. was but village four
teen years ago Though it was the county
seat at that time. the county was not
thicRly settled and naturally the town was
small As the county became more densely
populated the county seat in like proper
ton began steady and substantial growth
and its population is now, it is conceded,
about 1900 The town is located on the
San Antonio river about thirty miles
below san Antonio on the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass railroad. The town has
six churches, representing as many differ
ent religious denominations, good school
known as the Floresville aeadcmy With
an attendance Of about $50 pupils, necss-
stating the employment of six telehers.
There are numerous mercantile bts,ness
representing nearly all the important
branches of trade, One bank, one oil mill
and pottery do good business Tha oil
mill gives work 10 many laboreiS for
good portion OF The year, and ships gu
thousands Of gallons OF OIL tons OF cotton
seed meal and hulls The pottery maAes
all kinds Of earthenware ana is shipping
goods 70 points all over Texas. Flore sville
does q good business as a shipping pont
Hundreds OF beeyes are fed here for
Northern markets; many are also shiprci
Just as they are from the range There
every reason 20 believe Foresvinp will
keep growing The portion of the connty
V est Of the San Antonio river IS thInIy
settled and is now used for SO k raising,
but is gradually giving way 20 he p'oV
As farmers pour in, rs a natural rnsult
10 meet the demsnds. The town viii II
orease in population. business interests
ard wealth. Emmett r. Cooke
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early days Of Texas The town nov bs'
population az 600; has Two railroads,
5000 cDa oil mill. $4,000 compress .
water worly system with sian3pipc, sup.
piled by srfesian wells. There are eleven
Arrcsiafl wells IN the town Bolton has .
most fxceilent IRE department with latest
improved apparatus One National and
three private hanks do the banking bnsi-
ness for the town. An electric system
lights the town All fhe leading deaufD-
instions have churches. Thu public school
systfn 81 the town raskf WITH the best IN
the state. it, graduates enter The State
university without examinations. The lstlt
Ton nrsdeinss coseducaftonal4 docs iuii
academic work under the management of
Professors wcdennyer and Nichols Baylor
Female college. under the ronirol of the
Bspfift Denomination, IL una II the oldrFt.
schools III The South. the charter having
been granted BY the Repnhitc OF Texas In
1892 II Is one of the best equipped schools
In The Southwest VI Fl
"a conservative esfimhte placos The busI
ness n the town last year al ons ana
three qlsrter million dollars. Within the
lasi few months rock qnarrics have been
put in operation Two miles west Of toalA
with steam machinery employing 150
hands, new buildings arc going M in AL
parts of The Town The district recently
burned is 70 be rebuilt with handsome
A complete sewcrAEe system is ia be /,
5ui In This summer ptit 8 Targer.
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d CAMPO.

l. During the past twelve months FL
Campo. Wharton county has enjoyed !
wonderful and substantial growth. having
about doubled in population. There is
nothing of boom nature in this. for
the town has only responded to the de-
minds OF the surrounding country.
lhe tact having besn clearly established
that few sections in tho South have more
favorable conditions in soil. climate nnd
season for successful and profitable farm-
ing, heavy immigration is pouring inta
this seciica. During the past winter nun
crecs OF new farm houses have been er.,t
ed throughout the surrounding co,lntrr
and thousands OF acres OF rich prairie lsnd
nave been turncS by Ebr ploN. All OF ,besa
new stttlers express pstfeet aatisfac,inr
lhey buy land and improve the property
eVlncing thereby determination 10 say
siN years ago there was no III Canine. ~,
Gay the Town has population Of ahon,
lseo whcii is rapidly inorsasing Mo-
Than twenty new business enterprises ba,s
feen established in the town within ,ba
wst six months. two hsuLs do 80.
bNsines; this alone witnesses a health
financial condition.
G. ". Mcknight.
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CUERO.

The county seat Of Dewitt county. IA
situated near the center OF the county
Founded IN the early T0s, il has grown
TO a population Of 1000 souls. This growth
has been steady and attributable as much
10 the enterprise, push and energy Of her
citizens as to the natural environments
~ Is The terminus OF the main line Of the
Gun, West Texas and Pacific railroad and
on the main line OF the Arkansas Pass. Tho
city IL noted for It's wide streets aua The
eNceaient condition in which they are gen
me man streets are thoroughly grayel,d
Tbs formed kind OF cement and thew
ARE bow almost like paved streets me
CITY owns MS tne system Of water work,
a. can be bought for money. The system
Is nor only seifrsupporting, but Yields n
handsome revenue, which Is used IN ,hs
extension Of the mains The rates for
lre use 0, the water are very low. vol
cntefr nfe department renders very ,fa
rient service
ihc city has fine system OF puhli,
sebeeis under ccn;roi of a board Of t,1,s.
tes elected by The people The pubic
seAcoi building Us one OF the hest ~ ns
Kind, especial attention having been n,1a
70 ventilation In It's construction Tn.
scholastic population Is about 500
The bonded Indebtedness Of he .stv !.
ABOUT $4,000: the tax rate 81 cents whIls
me valuations are low, The finances Of
tne city are getting In COCA shape. Al
warrants vii! soon be AT par
The city is lighted by electricity Ther.
are nov two companies competing Tor IN,
business Mr.. Otto Buchel has jus, so,n
nisien = dam across The Guadalupe. uhiSh
re PROPOSES to utilize for irrigation nur-
pcsea. ~ well as 10 furnish poncr for yari-
GUS enterprises
he following are some Of the instl1u.
uons Of the city. al owned by local capt
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CROCKETT.

The first Impression made upon the
mind of former resident of this nlacs
upon his return home after several wears
absence is one OF wonder aud astonish-
ment at the growth aud development eyi-
dent on every hand. Whore few short
years ago he beheld groves and cultivated
fields ne now sees elegant residences and
handsome structures OF various kinds
Then one was accustomed to see dark and
gloomy streets unrelieyed save by the
stray CLEAN of a lamp in some quiet home
Now the electric light sheds It's splAndor
lar and wide giving the entire place
glowing, lifelike appearance Then Jagged
husiehuy rows OF wooden tenements :
commodated our business men. now sub
stantial bricks are the order of the day.
some OF them fitting their lofty walls 10
Kiss The clouds. erected with the skin Of
the artist. An oil mill converts the fraits
OF our soil into products that go out INTO
the great channels of trade An ice FAC
tory gives us cool comfort AT our doors.
Several brick business houses are now Ia
course Of construction, several others are
soon 10 be built Nor are these evidences
Of progress confined TO our city. The
marks OF Improvement are visible every
where We have fine agricultural lands
10 support large city. and they are bsirr
rapidly reclaimed New fields are beine
opened; new farm houses going up. ard
The forest snd the hills are made 10 re-
loice and blossom as the rose
Jno snence
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GONZALES.

| | Fourteen years has brought many
changes in this good city. More thss
s95ooo0 has been spent in public enter
prises. The B,7chard block OF brick, Mi.
lcrs rock, Fischer Bros brick, Dilworti
bank building, Peck & Fly block, Kokes.
not block, Rather & Randle block, Cavsn
& Reese and Houston blocks, all substar.
tial rock and brick business houses from
one TO three stories high, and costing frcn
5000 to $4,000. have been erected in Is,
past fourteen years. The graded school
building at cost OF $4,000, court houss
at $4,000, colored school buildings i
$4,000, county jail, $4,000, the electra
light plant, the dam for water poww
across the Guadalupe river, the water
works system, the Smith & Lcwery wates
mill and gin, Gonzales Brick and Til
company, Gonzales Gin company, the 10
factory and the botIling works are all val.
liable and substantial Improvements that
have come 10 bless public convenience in
the past fourteen years. The San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass Railway company thu
steam laundry and an a-tasian we'll on As
court house square have been added sincs
1884. he population OF this city has
grown since 1884 from 1900 10 $500. Thefs
are nine handsome churches. Fourteen
years ago We marketed about 6oo0 bales Of
cotton; now we ship from 1900 TO zo.ooo 4
bales
With an oil mill and a cotton mill oper-
aied by water power that We already have
possibilities of his city can not be meas-at
ured. The soil is alluvial and rich and
productive, and failure in crops has
never been known to this people, and Y (
You permit Us 10 MEASURE the future hy
the past, II is very reasonable TO say that
our population in the next len years will
be 1900 and our progress in all other re-
spects Will increase in the same propor
ton. 5. II. Hopkin5
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Franklin, the county SCAT of Robert
son county, is a town OF about 12oo
Inhabitants, situated near the center Of The
county on the International railroad It
has about twenty business houses. che bai Il
and an the usual adJCncts 10 thriving
business town. The finest water il fura,s led
by water plant equal 10 that NJ many Of
The large cities. The land surroun ng
Franklin IS postoak and blackjack ridges
ard flats and Is very productive. and wl
produce a great variety Of .rops Frank
lii is noted for its health us mineral
water is bottled sn1 SHIPPED 10 various
portions o. the State. franklin has prom
lsins future aud is destined 10 he town
OF no mean PROPORTIONS ". a. Gray.
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CHAPPELL HILL

l ABOUT slNtF-thfee miles nortuNett
from Houston or the Ausiin brsntf
of the Houston and Texas Central railroad
80 washington county, Chappeli HI is sit
uated II is one Of the eldest towns in the
State. has q population of about l0An, and
is noted for The culture. refinement and
intelligence of It's people. It's educational
facilities arc superior Chappell Hill re-
male college under the control OF ihe
Mcthodisi Episcopal church and whict
dates hack before our late war. has alwaS 3
been and is today very flourishing N
stitutlon and many OF tho distinguished
women Of The State got their education
right herr
The Methodist and Baptist churches both
have large membership and under able
ministers. and tho religious sentiment here
IS of a high order One or The finest small
libraries IN the state Is 20 be found n Arc.
Chappell fIill docs quite a large luai-
ness Ia ell lines OF merchandise, 10 re-
ceipis NJ cotton this year VIII aHpmNi-
m,lio 5000 bales, the hulk Of wbieh IS scid
right here magnificent cotton ware
house has Init recenily been DniideA o;
corrugated iron and strictly fire proof quo
oJ the finest gins IN the State Is located
here The American Brewery cont any
has recently butt a hre building AMI do
n good hnsiacss
notwithstanding tho cry Of hard iin's.
enterprise and development are ohs@l Ya9ie
IN every direction in the construct IN 81
business houses residences. ctr oar pun
Ir Town hsIi is NOW in process Of CONSTITUTE
INN and viii he splendid huildiag
There is no good reason why Chappeii
Hi should not continue 20 grow IN So
and importance Us educational. rs hiEn
religious sentiment It's culture ana feilne'
ment and, particularly Its social oiyan-
taEes. all combine 10 make Il one OF tie
most desirable and delightful places Of sfs-
laenoe in the State.
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pREMHAM.
oswald Wnaoa.

Brennan is the county ses, 81 one OF
the most prosperous cotton CROWNS
coanhea 10 the state, situated at the in
tersocuca Of the Santa lie and Austin
hrerch ~ the fouston and Texas Central
ralwsy seventy two miles northwest oi
Houston and ninety-fonr mnes east Of the
State capital.
Tho city Was named for pr. Richard
BfcnhRm. one az the unfortunate yolun.
teers a he IA fSted Mler expedition.
Tic city YVES estabiseed IN 1874 and waS
threatened With a boom 10 1859 when the
Washington county railroad was com
plcitd from l3'enham 10 iiempsiohd bur
The ciyil war CT lS8l5 brought things 10 4.
slanasuil and II Was 1896 when our pres-
ent mayor, Ha9, James A. Wilkins erected
The flrei twO-sinry brick building, cornt
OIL North and Main streete. now occupied
hy the brenhsm Eycniug Press and =,
hardware store,
It's growth has been steady uDti It's poi-
ulation has reached roo Its buildings
public Institutions are nearly ala hui,i OF
brick and stone giving an air 81 soiidit !,
20 the city which is lacking IA many cities
OF rs size, while the residence portion can
BOAST Of many AZ pretty buildings with as
wei kept grounds as can he found any
whore
The religious, educational and social ad
vanlsgee Of Brennan make II dtsirahle
nlace for the homescokor.
Tbs country tributary 20 Brenham, and
which finds here a ready market for it's
products. is one OF the richest aud most
productive sections az he state and the
homeEeelEer here combines the advantages
OF healthy, delightful climate. a. good
market for his prodncis aud all Tho re-
lieious. social and educational advantages
Tor his family that can be found anywhere.
Among liza modern institutions IL a
slhennld electric light plant with a day
circuit in SUMMER for fans a good system
ol. water works owned by the city a fur
nlture factory he'd spring factory. oil min.
ipe factory. two planning mills, Two candy
'Hriories. Two bottling WORKS two cisinrn
notwithstanding establishments. three ma.
ehirc shops, two colnprc~es n Wine maui
hiActuiins establishment large ntlrsery
medical and surgical dispensary. a coal
aud mining company. three newspapers and
an innumsrShle number OF small lnsis,s.
triea that give employment TO hundreds of
men and help mako Il Que Of the best aud
most substantial towns in South Texas
Rrenham hgs more secret orders Than
ATTY iowa Of It's size In Texas. the number
being thirty-,wo.
II has ten white churches, and aImoat q.
many for colored people
II has the best hand-ths Second reg,-
n.ent--in the State
y has The largest and finest musical So
cie,ice in the State.
II has one oi the best volunteer Dir.
departments in the State, composed OF five
companies
II has the crack military organization OF
tho State--ihe BRENNAN Field Artillery,
with the largest armory and the best
sauinment, consisting OF the only modern
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