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The age-herald., 1901-09-26
Finn Leaves the Matter to the Asso- ciation and Is Confident of Fair Treatment-Birming Was
 Badly Beaten.
Southern League Standing.
Games Yesterday.

At Little Rock = First Game: Little Rock 6, Birmingham 1. Second Game: Little Rcck f. Birmingham 1.
 At New Orleans-First Game: New Or leans 8 Nashville 1. Second Game: New Orleans 16, Nashville g.
 At Shreveport-Selma IT, Shreveport 6.
 At Memphis-Memphis g, Chattanooga 0.
 On the face of the returns Little Rock seems to have won the pennant. The board of directors will, however, have to settle the controversy. In the list as given above the game sched- uled for September 17 is credited to Little Rock. The Associated Press sent it out that way, and it has never been changed by any official action. On August 10 Memphis claimed to have won a forfeited game because Little Rock did not show up. Upon the decision of these two disputed games will depend the final standing of the two clubs.
 Birmingham missed being in next to last place by a narrow margin.
The age-herald., 1901-09-26
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The age-herald., 1901-09-26

Selma started out like a winner and ended by winning a game.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

The taxable values OF a state furnish
good index to Its growth and progress. In
this particular Texas comes TO the front
in good shape, the story of its development
being told by the tax assessors as follows:
Total value Of property assessed In tho
State In 1850, s51.s14, 615; in 1850, $685.
S15659; In 1870. SIG, 4I3.77S; In 1880, $31l,-
4T07S0; In 1890, sTs2, III, ss3; in 1900, s914,-
oo7 ,634; In 1901, 1881, 7o1, 94s
Compared with the total for 1880 that
for 1891 shows that In forty-one years tnI.
able values in Texas have increased 1920
1888. The only decade for which
decrease is indicated is the one ending
with the year 1870, and during which the
State passed through FIVE years of war and
Eve years of reconstruction worse than
war.
For the year 1901 Bexar county leads In
assessed taxable property, Its values aggre-
eating $50, 24S, $50. Dallas Is a close secord
with $34,34o, no, and Harris close third
with s54, 1029g3. The next nearest county
in this respect to these three is Galveston
With S22,9I4,970.
The county reporting the greatest IN
crease in taxable values for 1901 was JET
ferson, where the assessor found an en-
hancrirent Of SO, IA 500. In HayTls the
Increase amounts to S2,311,6 800 in Kaufman
70 SE,loft sOoi IN II fbsO 10 fltuuott lof III
Dallas to S1,H31 90; in Navarro to $l,42J-
420 in Ellis to 81 20T 80; IN Guadalupe to
$i2G8.42 in Rexar to S1,195,3SS IN Travis
10 s1,155,972; in Williamson To Si,05J, $50.
The county showing the greatest decrease
for the year WINS Galveston, where values
were reduced S2,6s3,620 by the great storm
of last Year. BrH2oria county also shows n
deere, Sc Of S4tS,0s0 from the same cause.
Thl only county outside Of these showing
a decrease OF any Importance Is Victoria,
whose total Is 81 5C4,200 less than It was
In 1900
extended and railroad properly Increased
In value In the State may be obtained from
the following figures: In 1851 there were
2S36 miles Of railroad In the State valued
at $50 sos, 554, including rolling stock; IN
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TEXAS TAXABLE VALUES.
An Index to the Growth and Progress
of the State.
OF the State.

1891 s218 miles valued at se5, 1872, 26s In
1901 there are 10. 1872 miles assessed at
SS4, 1J6, as, including rolling stSTk. This
total Is about half OF what this property
railroad commission and about one-fourth or
the total of the stocks and bonds IL car
ries as a whole.
is assessed throughout the State holds good
for tangible property OF all siDds. 80 that
the actual value OF the property disc0Yefel
by tnx assessors for the year 1901 is about
s., ,oOc 600.
great deal OF property is, however,
EeYer discovered for purposes OF taxation:
For iIst6nce, the value of the shares or
capital stock Of col porations assessed Tor
1901 is put down at $5,6s2 .097 for the whole
State. 1t Is safe to say that these figures
do not come within Sl0O,OOO,OOO of express
ing the actual amount of such property
held in Teas at the beginning OF the pros
emit year. Since January /, 1901, at least
Sl00,000.000 of stock Of oil companies alone
has been Issued In the State Again, the
amount of money, other than the money
of banks and bankers assessed for 1901
was Sl5,0TS,4S1. A few weeks ngo no Ma
tiOnnl banks OF this state reported deposits
of Sf6,434S11 or an average Of S422, l3i
per bank. As there are sol National aud
private banks In the state II will be seen
that calculated upon this average, the
amount of money on deposit exceeds 5000,
100000. The value Of the goods, wares and
merchandise assessed for the whole state
is given at 81 2G0.934. That this Is
ECtorlorsly below the real figures Is too
potent to discuss.
1lhe greatest Increase in values for 1901
appears IN land, which shows an improve
mcnt Of S23, 1883 In the aggregate over
1900 Town and city lots show su increase
Of S0,o62 473; horses and mules Of $3.50
65T; cattle Of 6.356034, \ phenomenal In
crease Is shown In the number Of carriages
wagons and other vehicles returned fol
taxation. For 1900 37s.474 Of these Of
the value Of sS.670,s2l were returned FOR
taxation; for 1901 the number returned
was 421 1Os, valued at S1O.661 Pa. This Is
an increase Of 42,634 In number and
$3.50. 40 In vnlue
There were 23l miles of street railway
assessed for 1901 and valued at S1,145. 400
There were also 27,6to miles Of telegraph
and telephone lines assessed and valued al
s. O33. GO
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
lBy s. s Llnnl

The writer was for eight years actively
engaged in the practical work Of canning
has built. fitted up and operated canning
factories throughout hve different States,
and ought to he able 10 tell your readers
something about the benefits growing out
of the business.
First, let us take hasty look back
ward aud note the rise and progress Of
this young glant--and, mark, you, the bust.
ness has never been built upaby any high
protective tariff, as many of our Infant
Industries" have, but has simply grown 10
its present enormous proportions from its
own Intrinsic merit and the demands Of
our modern civilization, which requires a
more varied food supply.
Those Of your readers whose memories
date back fifty years will agree with me
when l say that there was no such thing
as canned goods upon the market them
In fact, the giant strides of the industry
have mostly been made within the last
two decades. until now there is not 4
grocery in any civilized country upon the
face of the earth but what has large
proportion of Its stock in trade In the
shape of canned goods.
The hrst successful attempt at canning
tomatoes was made IN 1S4S In the vicinity
OF Baltimore and Of course attracted but
little attention and made but slow progress
for many years.
In 1858 Isaac Winslow took ont his hrst
patent for preserving green corn In her
mstically sealed cans, but the troublous
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
THE CANNING INDUSTRY
An Experienced Man Shows the Rare Op-
pOrtunity for Return of Investment

times through which this Nation was then
passing prccluded the possibility OF any
rapid development Of a new industry, and
IL was many years after the close OF the
civil war before the products OF the can
ming factory came into general use or he.
gan TO attract the attention OF StaUsticans,
According to the census report OF 1890
there were over 1900 factories scattered
over the United States and Territories
canning almost every conceivable kind OF
aud giving employment either directly or
Indirectly TO more than 2,OoOOoO people,
they We're paying out annually for the raw
material over Si,OOoOo and their finished
product, as II passed out TO the markets
OF the world, was valued at over $4,000
do not know, but undoubtedly the
business has more than doubled In
the last ten years and it Is safe 10 say
that the industry is as yet Ia It's infancy.
Now permit nv to give your readers some
idea OF the direct benefit 20 a community
make this broad assertion without fear OF
successful contradiction, that there is no
other manufacturing enterprise that for the
same amount Of capital Invested viii ben.
eht as many people In the various walks Of
life as wellequlpped properly
canning factory.
First, Il stimulates the man With the
plants but one or two, because II lnsures
lin home market for all OF his surplus
when u no longer pays him TO ship Il to
other markets. With canning factory In
our midst all OF this surplus can be utilized
This point Is so apparent that Il is IN
II gives direct employment 10 a great many
deserving poor OF what is known as IN
skilled labor--the very class Of people who
ind the most difficulty in getting employ.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
SAN AUGUSTINE IS BUSY.
THE ENTERPRISES THERE HAVE
NEARLY DOUBLED DURING YEAR.
The Building Of Business Houses and
Residences Is the Order Of the Day
in That Busy City.

san Augustine Texas, December 5-La.
boring under very serious. yet Temporary.
DISADVANTAGES, san Augustine has made \
highly creditsble record In the wav Of
general improvement and business nrogres.
during the past year. Twelve months az,
'Here were an told, in the place three gen.
eral merchandise establishments. one drug
store two saloons, one blacksmith shop
one barber shop Que livery stable two doc.
tors and four lawyers Now there arc sIv
mercantile houses, each carving a good
stock two drug stores. two blacksmith
shops, one newspaper and printing house.
u tc'ephone exchange, soda factory. insur.
me .hD aSent, shoe shop. Photograph gallery.
three doctors seven LAWYERS, several oar
PenterS brickmssons. etc, inns II anres =
one year '""" "'u"'eu III
turing the same time very substantial
SSi,IItSNeemehts nave been made Mr. E. e.
oull!h mas lust completed a handsome and
SS1muiodlous twoStory brick business house
hr' John Lynch is erecting similar struc.
suIe now nearing completion. The business
a." VH o,, gre an occupied. and residences are
Mr. Lynch has Just completed l,rre
oarn near his costly residence Mr.
hhnlsht Is erecting three neat cottage resi-.
petsd ad MT T. Halls has Just com
home
making ten elegantly furnished rooms m =
s sUd OF zoe or more. Other Improvements
~'l ~, lepSltS arc visible over the town.
me Methodist. Presbyterian. Fplscon,i
e sla SSthohc congregations each have com.
iSSrtaoie and tasty church buildings and
mere Is also large public hulldIpe
me National bank Of san Augnstfno
zee, oeen Slsrtered, and will b. open for bnS,
in .S curing the month OF December Ths
t,,,' uloh was promoted by such we'll
NHnoHA business men as l. D. Polk w :
pga9NldSon and others Of Beaumont. Job,, n r.
Mac q houston and II. X, Polk OF this
Pinnve, which means an assured success
'r0speetors are looking over the COUNT
nsld for future business operatlons
an. MT y. \. Polk hsS just disposed of ~
efa thousand acres Of pine and r,ir ~ :,
s ,snos 70 capitalists from abroad IL \.
S on they will dsyelops the iron y orss
MIN the advent Of the Gulf. R.aru..
1 an many new business .nternrionl
place Anu around this
WIN the natural advantages ana h,,s
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
LIBERTY NEEDS.
A TOWN AND COUNTY OF IMMENSE
AND WONDERFUL RESOURCES.
A Bank, SUGAR Refinery, Hotel and Livery
Stable Badly Needed in the Town of
LiberY-Proeres in Past Year.

Liberty Texas, December 5-One year
ago Liberty, the oldest town In Texas was
about as dead as any town could we'll be;
but since that time owing 10 the strike
Of oil at Beaumont Sour Lake, Saratoga
and the general interest taken in this sec
tion Of Texas, quite an improvement has
taken place In the town, and in the price
OF lands In the county. Land a year ago
IN this county could be bought for 81 and
81 per acre almost anywhere desired; yet,
strange 10 say, lots on the square Of the
town are and have been remarkably high,
ranging from S1oo to $50 front foot
The owners are like the dog in the manger
They won't build and they don't want any
one else to build.
j. L, Ellis, a prominent merchant has
just finished quite nice residence. aud
Mr. e b, Rickett the county clerk. has
improved his home, and Mrs. Welder has
practically rebuilt her home.
There Is not merchant In the town who
Is not doing a big business, and one OF
me greatest needs here is a hank. There
Is no bank at Walisville, making two ad-
Joining counties Liberty aud Chambers,
without bank. small bank would be
quite benefit TO the town aud county,
i ana paying, Investment There is also
quite an opening for n hotel. as there are
nniy boarding. houses We need also a
livery stable, ~ IL is only possible to secure
horses and hacks here aud there
Land deals here have been many during
Inc last year. There have been more
deeds and instruments filed for record
during the last year than in Ave years here
tofore. This shows that quite an interest
Is being taken in the lands OF this county
one year ago there was only one tyne.
writer IN the town and 1t was broken
Now there is as many as twelve, and the
record office sounds like a hive OF bees.
Many people have come 10 during the
iasI ten months. Some few have left,
put most of them have remained. Liberty
aid not have boom, like Beaumont, yet
II mas had a steady growth, and has grown
from lazy. South Texas county seat to a
live, growing town
Inc town OF Liberty invites capital 10
come and make paying investments. A
sugar refinery would pay the owners an
immense proht as In all parts OF the coun-
y cane is grown In small quantities. In
fact there Is hardly a farmer who does
not raise some cane for syrup; and II Is
very tine aud easily grown
In fact, LIBERTY has as many kinds OF
soil as there is in the Stale OF Texas.
There is the black wsxy, sandy loan. rice
land, sandy land, aud II will raise almost
anything In abundant Quantities, sugar
cane rice cotton, corn and potatoes and
II Is extra fine for truck raising.
All the lands, as well as the Town needs
is capital and cultivation.
]. c. McDearmon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
BRYAN'S BRIGHT FUTURE.
FlRsT-CLASS DIRT ROADS HAVE BEEN
MADE IN BRAZOS COUNTY.
The Past Year Has Been the Greatest
in Bryan's History-Some OF the Inn
provement Made.

BRYAN. Texas. December 5.-Notwith-
standing the great food Of 1898, which en-
tlrcly destroyed all crops in the Brazos
bottom also along the principal creeks
throughout BrazoS county, the two big
oyernows in the spring OF 1899 and the
great September storm Of 1900. Bryan has
made greater strides In the march of de-
yelopmept during the past twelve months
than during any i've years Of her past
history.
Notably among the various improvements
she has secured are her splendid dirt
roads. The city and county Joined hands
in this matter Committees OF business men
were appointed and went out 10 lay on
and look after the work. The authorities
placed the county conyicts on the roads,
aud the results OF these efforts nave given
Bryan good roads and bridges leading to-
ward this city from all parts Of her trade
territory, which embraces BrSzos and
large portion Of hve adjoining counties,
Realizing the necessity for live organ
iaaton 10 take advantage of every oppor-
tuntty which may be presented, q wide
awake and active business league was or
gsnized, which Ia doing everything in ITS
power for the advancement OF the city 8
interests. Mr.. William L. Saunders, one
Of Bryan's largest merchants, Is president
of the league, and Mr.. +. NJ. Law, Jr,
bookkeeper for the First National bank Is
secretary.
Among the greatest Of Bryan's recent i'm
proVemeItS Is the securing or the interna-
tional and Great Northern railroad, which
doubles her railroad facilities and gives her
two great systems, with direct connections
north, south. east and west. IL Is almost
a foreEoue conclusion that the International
and Great Northern shops viii be located
here which will be OF untold beneht 20
Bryan.
The locating Of the Ursuline convent here
adds greatly to Bryans already well-khown
educational facilities, and makes II without
question the educational center OF pis sec
tlon OF the State.
The Central Texas fair is also an ac-
qutrcment OF the past year The hrst- an
nual meeting, which has recently closed.
the word Everybody is interested In the
fair and IL Is destined TO become TO Central
Texas what the Dallas and San Antonio
fairs are TO their respective sections OF the
State. Prof. J II. Council Of the Agrlcul-
tural and Mechanical college Is the presi-
dent aud Mr., W. = Howell secretary OF
the fair association.
Bryan also has organized within the past
few months the BRACES County Truck Grow
eTs association. with a large membership
OF farmers throughout The county. Sew
eral hundred acres Of truck Of all kinds
will be planted and large shipments In car
lead lots will be made from here during
the coming season. A move Is also on foot
10 establish creamery. 10 be operated in
correction with the truck growers asso.
citation.
Street Improvement has been q marked
pest year. Main street has been graded
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and paved with crushed rock at a cost Of
S5Ih. Many residence streets have also
been graded.
In buildings Bryan has paid curing the
past year nearly $4,000. Among the beau
ulul two-srory residences. costing from
5000 to $4,000 might he mentioned those
OF Captain George W. Smith. Or. W. II.
Oliver J +, Parks Mrs w H. Webb
c, A. Adams and Major l.. l.. McInnis
\ new S2O,OOG ice plant has been put In
this year by MIR sam NJ. Winters. with a
capacity OF twenty tons daily Also a new
Free VIII Baptist church
pt the buildings contracted for ana 10 be
erected in the Immediate future are the
RESIDENCES of 7 X Lawrence. Eugene
Edge, II c Robinson and Mrs Astin. 4
new Methodist church, to cost $4,000. has
also been contracted for
DR.. ]. W Howell, one Of the capitalists
Of the city, has recently purchased a bust.
ness block at a cost Of $1,000, aud will i'm.
mediately erect business houses on II. and
very probably one Of the finest hotels In
the State.
BRYAN Is fast merging into city ami no
town in Texas has brighter future.
4, j. Buchanan
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
HOustOn's POstOffiCe Business.

1891 ...... $3.50 OF S11,647 81 ..........
1920 400. s3.302 Il 2s,7sG "a ........,
1901 .......1l7.02s 50 34,G26 4s ........
The above table in ave-year periods shows
q decrease Of $1,000 at end Of hrst period,
while the last period shows an average In.
crease of about $1,000 per year.
The following table will show the In
crensins ratio and demonstrate that Hous-
ton IS Indeed rapidly developing as com
Receipts FIRST five months last two fiscal
years July l to November 30;
1904 ,zz7o 90 Increase. Per Mo
1901 ......, 56'i65 80 $500 os sl,7ls 81
MONEY ORDER DEPARTMENT.
Comparative statement Of business trans
acted in the money order department Of the
Houston postoNice for the yenrs ending
December I, 1900, and December T. 1901, re-
spcctively:
Number OF domestic money orders issued;
1900, 23,o25; 1901, 2o.is5 increase 1901,
b2GO.
1900 iaot Ino. 1901
Amount ..s1s3osG ~ s2ttGe7 OF S5s,5to 90
Fees ...... 1393 IS 1,SO005 4O6 81
Number Of international money orders IS
sued. 1900, SOB; 1901 1loi; Increase 1901
1900 1901 Inc 1901
Amount o.. $l2,6sG 20 Sl72so On S4,652 70
Fees ....,. l57 - 2lt 20 SO IS
Number of domestic money orders paid:
1900 @,sll; 1901, 71,44i. increase 1901,
96oo.
1900 1901 Inc 1901
Amount $50, los "a SG21, 49, n Slo2,3i7 II
Number Of International money orders
paid: 1900 800, 1901 800; increase 1901, 30.
Amount 600. Ss.58o0 % sa,44oa1 5000 u
Number Of certificates OF deposit issued:
1900, il,526; 1901, 1859; increase 1901,
2o2T.
Amt .sL552 800 50 sto7t2s6 81 si5i. 2So IS
Total local receipts, money or
Total local receipts, money or
der business ...-.....,...... l,91i2So %
Grand total .......,......, 81 23S 2oI "a
Total local disbursements
(money orders paidl......, $6Sl 1872 o.
REGISTRY DIVISION.
1900 1901 Inc
Letters etc. registered lO523 1882 . 7Og
Letters. etc. received
for delivery .,,..,..,,l1, $50 20, 400 2,55C
Odical registered let
tiers received ..-,,.,..l 1901 lA6Si "
About 1OoOQ0 registered packages In tran
sit We're handled. s. r. Strong,
Postmaster.
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list OF these would hc simply impossible
because they are like so many bees in a
hlve. II these only average $1,000 each
they will run the Total up 10 SlpO,en' hut
they average more than that ana the hgule
viii he nearer 100000.
II the reader viii 6gure mp he Will see
IN the above an Investment OF Just S'"i'-
coo. and 1t must he borne In mind that the
list is, ms above stated. not complete.
There are doubtless buildings that will
nut the Hgure above sl,OO000O, and IL
can he safely stated that the buildings
now under course Of construction Will pass
EI 600 600
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nj proiessioosA

Philadelphia Bulletin .,. !, ~
D They saw the member x. aaiis'
fessionsls.' .r saw . ~
ION. yee' you ,lysV
set In all your hie'
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Statistics make dry reading, and usually
interest few people comparatively sun
matters relating to the postal service ought
10 engage the at ention OF q large per-
centuge % the people Tor the reason that
everybody used 5, and depends upon It In
large measure IN the promotion Of their
pursuits. whatever they may be. Lack OF
knowledge Of ordi ptrJ postal requirements
cnuses mos. ot the errors that veI alike
the patron and the postal employe, and
careessness or forgetfulnoss Is the cause
q. ut.dy or failure TO deliver millions OF
pieces OF mall
l.e Houston postofhce has on hand NJ
li~ Ae a age number Of pieces OF IN III,
a. s,ussgs held for lack OF postage >Wl
us ucent postage, incomplete or no adj
tl,S, Incorrect and illeglhle address. Very
H.tHt people eNIuenlN believe that a
rgv paper Or m0 guStne requires but ! or
cats without regard 10 weight, aud
uit.A ,wo or more Of each are enclosed
easier Que wrapper and only l or 2
s... l.Np uinAyd. such matter heurlng
an44fss OF the sender Is at oure returned
iur postage, bu. such as does not must be
umolnt Of pJsUA, due. TT the postage is
received within two weeks The mail Is
forW aided. otherwise destroyed, cNrvp; I'm
case of valuable natter which Is sen Ca
the dend letter 0Inrc. All ulat class mat
ter uetJers aud scaled natter is So treat
Statement ~ ma. er held for posatge for
twelve months ending November 80, 1901;
Received posJase from addresses for. 80
Unclaimed ma sent dead letter office. bst
On hand December /, 1901 ......-,.-. 40
Total Observation-Disclosures. 8.lTJ
Third aud Fourth class priuted nat,a
and merchandise
Received postage from addresses fov.. 600
Unclaimed nuA sent dead letter office. ~.
On hand December !, 1901 ..........,.. 81
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
eRITIsHER AND YANKEE
How They Compare in Life and Busi
ness Methods.
tAllen sangree in Alnslee's)

Allen sangree In Alnslee's)
I'm the FIRST place. an .nterpr,slnp van.
kee in London does not. as common fable
reports dash around distraught, heIter4
SHELTER. now leaping from bus. again gal
Looping in hanson M the Strand. runnlng.
walking pautlns-aeting, in short. 40 Thar
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
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the cause of many disorders of the mouth and
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