The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-02
TEXAS OLD FOLKS MEETING.
SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS ADMIT
TED-Qu QUALIFICATION.
Some Old Citizens who HIVE Bccn
Public Benefn ctors--Roll TO
lie Increased.


me Texas Ola FOLKS association met at
3 D. IN. Yesterday in the rooms OF the Bus
mess League pursurnt IN adj iournment
MI, ,.,,...s,...-
o""nN nN" hi'eii'Dcis "e'e ptcsenl
ana added to the roll:
II. Stude 1917, p. 7. Elliser. 1850; e. T..
Alsbury, 1s4S; John Zimmerman. 1913; Jas
Toole. 1919.
Admitted by letter: Mrs Anna T. Hail
lev, 1856; Spencer +. uaynl,, of L,edbetter
Fayette county, 1899: j. II. Harron. VALLEY
Springs, Llano county. 1854
The report of lhe committee on bylaws
was adonted malino ali wh,ie narsonTs
eligible TO nrembgrshlo who have r,.idrd
in Texas for fifty wears or in Houston for
forty years
Mr. Phil H. Fall read the followlnr ROM
IL lscence.
The Texas Old Folks Association
Houston Texas November 1908 Tina
address adopted nv vo,,t, cornr,It,,e Nv
pNcitly defines tho objer, or On. ,,,an;1n-
lion ia be the inculf-attn, of iny,,ltv a., ~
State and fostering an int.,nsr in habaIf ~
the welfare Of our citv
This cnn IL, No nm, 10 ,.. -
nlIxhed th,n ,bro,,h i,,st - ,',a,,
ciation as ours RI oid ,i,ners ~, , dsso :,
Inv tba Innorarv corein,,ant ~, - ,,, ~,
ting their sbo,,iders In IN ',,hat n, ~,
iny An harmoniona no,oar, n,,o',,.,nt -
work such ne viii s,,rno.s om, 49,
pliinp concentrations Iy ,uar-iv,a,, ,,dn,,,o,.
we r,n hr,nr, in,o * ro,a ,'t ~ sui
cIiyihia ~ ,,,c,,ia, AZ h,','i 49, -" ~" 'ie
.nd ,,,b, fa.i ~, -, 49, w., -, ~ 'ii,n''u'
Uoraion " ~ "s''''N Va
whcn ,a ,oo,, ahrD,, ,j, Il, ,,.,,t
ris,.,s,s ,i'., 800 ,a i.u :" "'ii'i'' iun
uorno,, ~. '',,,,a,,,n1 nc '.s" "i'o
c,,ans ,aa,,u, ,,,,,' o ,.,.iah opner
nnrnot,,ota ,l,'...,,.'. ".ien io' e'si
h,art. -, 49, IL '.''.' .. ~" ~ '.'u
bur 5oaI ,I,t snr,a1hinr H. L. t,.1,,,'.,,
h., ~ ~. oo,,,-,,,, 80 up iiou isI
Ne ,.onfInn >-ot. ~, 49,. "4nu,n
,aato, W., 'oon u. o"t '.o..l ei's, "a'-
pn,i Moi, ~ i ~ n,olui"g yi ~ me
ran,orahr,d 49,, ~ ,'ip ito WIZ ne
ostir,attnn ,', -. ~ "ttm ~ no"".a".e
chiidrnn a, ~ Sno'u nVw e" anu 'hslr
WHIT NJ D a 'U VI, az, ~ U'
=, Inv ha' ". " W., we ereal poneltctor
W" ely oha. bavV nun prosperrty
OF ,i Hosealoerg for generations vet unborn,
nav W ''eais' ahother pehetactor OF the
- a.'s .,
. ,uh lenueteu Shoin prosperous ana thcy
, WV naau ,a,eu oe.,er man tneir Fellow
o bo bene, on has Of e s9me
s, Not a, park ARK. in which our children can
sporl ana preathe the fresh air OF heaven.
MOI n single monument of any kind
,e"'s nus pFouu PROPORTIONS to commemorate
the deeds OF those now gone forever, iious-
eop mas iurhished many heroes and Zero
ines; VINO, had they existed elsewhere,
Wouiu nave lived III poetry and song.
! TAI to DO eogniaant OF the fact that
therc is IL city IN America the LIE of this
thaI can not poast OF parks aud monuments.
me FOUNDER of Houston. Mr.. y. C. Allen,
when he laid off the city generously do
mated a square for a court house. lots Tor
a iail. locations for churches and the block
Tor our city hall. He was generous IN
aeed. Had he not been the city would
have been built where Harrisburg now
stands and the present ste OF Houston
would now De Farm or ranch.
Stevens. long since gathered to his father
upon which the high school now stands
Tho Fair Ground association contributed