The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-23
WITH THE PASSING TnRONG.

/ as one OF the most conservative cotton men
In Houston. He has bought cotton in Texas
for years, and is familiar With every de-
psrtmcnt OF tina. great trade. His posi-
ton with Inman G. Read puts him in
touch With buyers In every part OF the
State, and gives him definite information
In regard to the amount OF cotton held a..
towns and even on the farms OF the Safe.
In conversation on the Cotton Exchange
yesterday Mr.. helms stated % group
4 OF listeners that receipts OF coa;ol at
| Houston this week would undoubtedly
be large The advance In prices. follow
1 ing the recent decline" said Mr.. Nems,
has caused many country merchants and
farmers TO turn loose their holdings. They
have been waiting for Just this oppor-
tuDhy, and had refused 10 part with the
1 staple unless cents or higher was bid
! IN the Interior After this week, how
ever. you may look for rapid falling
on In the movement. The amount OF cot
ton left in this State Is smaller than
many think possible. In South and South
! west Texas, where the best Yields were
seen, there is little or nothing lett. in
| colorado county our buyers report loss
\ than hundred bales for sale. There are
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North Texas, but they are very scattering
II Is rather peculiar. but yet II Is a
TACT that there Is more cotton left In
| North and Central Texas than in thls sec
ton. although South Texas had by far the
best crop, Perhaps this is due 10 the
TACT that men are governed by local con-
dttions. In North Texas farmers saw
their fields laid bare by drouth aud
realized that their yield was only half
I n hat . srrt.. rf-t..
Guided that there would be great scarcity
Of the staple and held for higher prices
some Of them arc still holding, but all
the cotton held In this State will not
amount to the usual quantity seen In the
State at this season
IT'S IN big demand too We don't
have to beg the foreigners to buy II this
year. They have waited long time to
discover that the Souths crop Was badly
curtailed, but they have realized II at
last and now they are eager to buy the
product at the highest prices Of the sea
SON"
Mr. Augustus Thomas. the well known
playwright is coming to Texas for the
purpose Of collecting material for new
play, and it. Is quite likely that he Will
spend at least a day or two in Houston
while In the State Mr. George D. Hun
ter, city passenger agent OF the tnterna-
( tional and Great Northern. yesterday re-
ceiyed letter from a ST. Louis friend
which was to the effect that Mr. Thomas
was coming this way for the purpose
named, and that he was armed with a let
ter OF introduction TO Mr.. Hunter. The
distinguished visitor viii be royalty enter
tained during his stay. Several of Mr..
Thomas well known plays have been seen
in Houston, among them In Mi2aouri," in
which n. G, Goodwin made such a decided
bit. and Alabama" In which Frank
Bangs and others have appeared to advan-
tage. Among his other successful produce
lions are Arizona" which has attracted
great deal OF attention in the larger
cities of the North and West during the
present season, and "ollver Goldsmith"
the new piece in which Stuart Robson re-
Gently opened in Chicago. The last named
play is described as one OF the best Mr..
Thomas has ever written. His next play
Is. IL is understood. to have Its scenes laid
In Texas. and Mr.. Thomas will come to
the State in order to get the proper
amount OF local color a feature which has
been prominent In all OF his previous eff
forts, and which has added no little to
their interesting and entertaining quail
ties.
Mr.. Thomas, before he became prominent
as a playwright, was a worker in the
St. Louis daily newspaper field.
~
Mr. G. +. Drake. who has held the posi-
tion of secretary and treasurer of the
Texas Lumbermen's association for sew
eral years past. and who is one OF the best
known lumbermen in the state. was In the
city yesterday for the purpose OF attend
ing meeting OF members OF the trade
hal ut ha Al al - a,
Mr.. Drake has been paying considerable
attention to the resources OF Uncle Sans
new possessions recently and he is OF the
opinion that Puerto Rico would prove an
excellent field OF Investment for lumber
men who are particularly interested In oak
timber Labor is cheap there. he says,
and he thinks that II the branch OF the
lumber industry named was properly de-
yoloped In the island II would prove
very profitable Investment for any one taxi
ing II up.
Mr.. s. #. q. Morse and bride, nee Miss
Luella Beeson OF Fern Bank. Ohio, re-
turned yesterday from their bridal tour,
which included the City of Mexico and all
Of the other points OF interest In the neigh
boring republic. Mr.. Morse, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he has been resident of
Houston but a comparatively short time,
is one OF the most popular men in the city,
and his bride. whose attractive personality
and many charming traits OF character,
made her one OF the favorites of social cir
elise in Cincinnati near which city her
former home is located, win make a valu-
able addition to Houston society. Mr. and
Mrs. Morse VIII make their future home
here.
Mr., F. Speildoch, representing the large
railway supply house which recently pur-
chased the old steel OF the defunct Texas
Western railway. returned yes erday
morning from business trip TO ST. Louis,
Cincinnati and other points in thar sec
ton Of the country. He says that favor
ahlo progress is being made in the work
OF taking up the old rails from the Texas
Western right of way, An but about
eleven miles of the track has been re-
moved up 10 date and he hopes 10 have
the work completed within the next two
or three weeks,
Captain J. u, Tracey, after spending
some timo in Houston on business. has
returned TO his ranch in uvalde county.
Mr., Tracey pays particular attention u