Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-03-04
PROSPERITY IN THE SOUTH IS THE RULE AND NOT THE EX-
 CEPTlON. AN INTERESTING TALK
  With the Cotton Belt Edit0r---HeW Industries springing Up On
 Every Hand
AN INTERESTING TALK

way company Of the same name, who is in tte city arranging for the Memphis edition of the paper, talks most entertainingly of the prevail ent prosperity of the people on that railroad system.
 "Botk companies, the St. Louis Southwes tern and the St Louis Southwestern Of Texas, for they are separate corporations, said Wr. Brown, are sparing no efforts to develop the country, to bring in de- sira6le immigrants, to induce cap itaists to invest tn the natural re- sources and to promote diversified agriculture. J. St. KowIowsky is industrial agert Of the first named company, whueJ. W. Swaty. of Mt. SeIman, has been appointed hortI- cultural agent of the lines in Texas. Both are experienced men and are very successful. Mr. Swaty is a practical fruit grower and familiar alike with the successful methods of both Europe and the United States The farmers are at last actually turning their attention away from cotton, and the sale of binders, raapers and mowers is heavier than ever before known Truck farming clubs and fruit growers associations are the order Of the day. Greamer- les are being erected and poultry raising has come to the front. In the cities factories are receiving more attention than eyer before.
 At Dallas, through the efforts of. G6e Commercial Club, the farmers have organized an association, 8 IocaI company has been organized to build another road between Dallas and Forth Worsa, in order to bring to tae first named place the trains of the Rock Island, the Denver, the Rio Grande and other roads, and Joe Linz, manufacturing ieweler, isl just completing a steel frame office building costing $100, ,0O0
 Fort Worth is organizing it's club so as to take in 200 new mem hers and adopt a board of trade fea- ture, erecting a union depot and al so arranging to erect a mammoth cotton seed oil mill on land adioin ing the Cotton Belt tracks.
 ssCorsicana has completed it's i'm mense oil refinery, and last week made it's first shipment of train of tank cars of refined petroleum.
 ePine Bluff IS coming to the front with a new compress, another i'm mense saw mill plant, and will soon have fgs electric street car. system completed.
 aCamden has number of new business houses and IS pushing Hon. W. F. Ayera forward for the railroad commission,
 "Kingsland has organized a com panv for the manufacture Of tiling, fire, paving and pressed brick, util- iziug the celebrated Leali clay beds, which Professor Maroney, Of the Columbian Museum, Chicago, cer~ tihes in the bestclay for the purpose he ever examined.
 "Fordyce is working for hew railroad across to Alexandria, La. l
 Little Rock is entering upon an era ot unparalleled prosperity. A | new railroad is being built. the board Of trade is being reorganlzad, | a new cotton mill is in successful ! operation, the electric street rail- was company is making important improvements, another wholesale grocery house has been incorpor- ated, |, W. Cherry and others are planning for Q second brewery, the Lasker Bros. have arranged to erect a business block at Main and Sixth. which has been leased for a term of years to the Arkansas Carpet and Furniture Company; 8 big Mardi Gras and flower carnival recently took place, and the people are now arranging for a Turnyerein celebra- tion next May, to be participated in by the societies of Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.
 And, said Mr. Brown. in con clusion, T mighs go on in this strain about every city and town on the system, Improvement is the order of the day and prosperity the rule and not the exception. Com mercial Appeal. l.