The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-20
JUMBO IS GIVEN An OVATION.
His Friends Give Him q Warm
Reception AT Border Line.


According to promise, here come,
FL reached Arkansaw yesterday.
There was a large crowd at the
state line to meet me. When we
left Dallas the fool conductor tele-
graphed to TexaFka5aa that was
coming. 1t was q crowd for your
whiskers that met me at the depot.
noticed In the yelling crowd two
of Waxahachie's favorite sons,
Yancy Montgomery and Frank Dew
export, both now prominent busi-
ness men of Texarkana. There was
one thing however that marred the
occasions and that was because you
did not come with me. They ex-
pected we would tour the state to-
gether. tell you Innocence, these
good people are hurt over the way
you are treating them. They say 1t
doesn't matter if you don't never
intend to live in Arkansaw again
and never intend to run for an Ar
kansaw Office you migfB at least
come to see them as often as / do
They say If you don't come to see
them and If you ever run for presi-
dent they are square agin you.
| made few speeches from the
rear OF my special car on my way to
Little Rock. Gov. Davis and his
staff met me at Little Rock and
took me to the lunch counter and
we had time for two hours and /
drove on.
JEFF Davis and his gang are trying
to beat Jim Jones and his gang for
II. s.. senator and Jim Jones and his
gang are trying to beat JEFF Davis
and his gang for governor. 4 tell
you politics are hot here. Its like
a dog fight in Van Zandt. They
call on every man to show his hand.
/ have been asked dozen times or
more II L was for Jones or Clark.
Jim and Jeff speak here tonight
and they tried hard to get me to act
as master of ceremonies. but / got
out of it by promising them that |
would sit on the restrum with them
This part of Arkansaw and on
north into Missouri was struck last
year by that awfai drouth and many
OF the people actually suffered and
the state had to help some of them,
but the people of this town are now
prospering and building right along.
They are breaking the ground to-
day for $1,000, three-story, brick
hotel.
There is new interest being de-
veloped AgeTe. About q year ago
some pearls were found on the
shoals in the river, White and
Black rivers are being worked now
from Newport to beyond Batesville.
Some very valuble pearls have been
found, one or two selling for as
much as $500. In the summer
when the water Is low the young
people make up crowds, take their
dinners and go ''pearling" all day.
They all wear knee breeches and
wade in the shallow waters In search
Of pearls. I have accepted an invi-
tation for you and me to go with a
crowd of young folks "pearling'
next summer. Won't we have a
time?
This is my first trip to this part
of Arkansaw. / have never been to-
Hot Springs SO | am going home
that way. When | get there / will
have been nearly all over this great
state. When boy | bought and
drove cattle nearly all over the
state for Jim Canady. Years ago /
travelled all over the eastern and
north eastern part selling Green
villen tobacco.
am going to try and get home In
time for the laying of the corner
stone of tire Trinity University, but
should anything happen and don't
get there, you tell the committee to
go ahead with the exercises. Don't
out it off on my account. / know it
will be big disappointment to
them, but ii you put 1t off it might
rain. The weather Ii uncertain this
time of year.
NEW ARK, ARK, March II, 1902.