The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-25
The Passing Throng

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Mr.. q. b. HARRIS, q well known Bay
City merchant. wac In Houston attending
to business matters. Mr.. Harris says that
there was an immense amount Of money
made In his section Of this state out Of
last years rice crop, and that but for the
unprecedented hosyy rainfall thsre would
have been many individual fortunes cleared
out of the one crop.
He states that the rice ieids are n soft,
huggy, lob-lolly and that q man can not
walk through. uuCh less harvest rice
crop frolu now, md that there are yet thou-
sands OF buFhela ungathered-and vast
sum Of money lost by the continuous rains,
Mr.. Harris was born and raleed IN that
section. He was Brotoria countys last
ASSESSOR Of taxes for four years and goes |
down to AnEeton this morning to turn his |
office over to tho lately elected official. He !
will then return 10 Bay Oity and continue |
10 aid In the development Of that section.
II was one OF the hrst settled IN the State |
and for the want NJ railroads Il remained q |
cattle ranch up 70 two years ago when
canals were dug. rice planted and two rail-
roBdH built through Its center and today,
II 10 one OF the most prosperous in Texas
and II has just commenced it's develop
mont, for It can duplicate its superior rice
crops Ia sugar cane, cotton, corn and every
known product Of South TEXAS soil.
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L. sBABRooK od Port LAvacs, one Of
the best known men in the coast country
and one who has aided much IN tho develop
| mont OF that section, was visitor 10 B-s.S-
| ton yesterday. Mr.. aeSbrook was on his
way home from a visit 10 South Carolina
He brought back with him from the Pal
motto BtRts a sample OF hue grade Of
oommerciM tea being produced In that
| state. South Carolina haa engaged
tensiyey in tho growing OF tea, and those
/ TxEla hNH lgEN0 tn 70 fnW fRa
tho cultivation of this staple have met with
much succesb splendid article - pro-
duced, and the American Tes Growing com.
pauy, the largest concern OF that Kind IN
bouth Carolina, lS doing immense bust
ness, having no trouble In competing With
the Oriental article. DR., Sheppard, VINO Is
the pioneer In the cultivation OF tea IN
sout6 Carolina, stated to Mr.. SeSbrcok that
he was quite sure that the lands Of the
coast country we're well adapted 10 the
culture Of ter In successful manner Mr.
Senbrooh is OF a like opinion, and II Is his
intention 90 make number Of experiments
IN this direction,
MR.. II. L. MBSSICK of Quincy, ILL.,. WAS
among the arrivals In Houston yesterday.
Mr.. Msssick Is an authority on the sub
ieot OF orchards and orchard coils, and has
been a leading factor In developing the In
dustry IN the Middle West. He has d.
rected the growth OF many fruit farms and
used In the raising OF orchards
II nm on my way 10 Sour Lake." said
Mr.. MesGtck to a Post representative yes.
terday. ~ have heard much OF tho virtues
Of the water at that place, and believe
they with restore my broken health. After
my stay at that place | wifi very likely
TeIas which Ss1s been asked to do I
SardIns the great Stats q reIss q which
] have heard 90 much The fruit industry
| To- mi han nrtohk au4lNnk Nd I hau
every reason to believe that through tho
great apple producing sections the results
win be highly satisfactory this year"
COLONEL 70. X. BAKER Of Austin was
In the city en- route homa Mt Baks 10
the superintendent OF the South Texas a..
vision OF the Southwestern Telegraph and
! Telephone company, and has been In tAS
service OF that company for many years.
Colonel Baker reports that the telephone
business is hourishink and that the volume
done by the Southwestern Is constantly tn
creOsing The long distance service aas
l become an important factor In this state
{ and AL Texas has been put In communIca.
r tion OF each other by means OF the net
work o. wires strung all ever the vast
has been completed al far as Cotulia, and
i the border city nrst named will Do abb
to talk to the citizens Of Denisop within
!, short tina Service Weat OF BAn An.
tonic has boon extended az Far as Uvalde
+ ana construction ronRs ere now WorkinR
/ on an extension to Del Rio, and as scon aS
3 has been built MP sufficiently. ths eouth.
western win have long diStAnce eonnec
. tion with the latter ciJ.
. ~
+ UNlnAromrkAr though thsy may b,
IN the Legislative proceedings AZ Austin
!. tho pages Of the two hSusen OF ths Htst.
Legislature play an interesting psrt tAsret
and do something toward expsdttinG tn.
business done. Most Of the boys whs ar,
appointed TO thess places are bright AMI
active. besides in their playful moods the,
form one Of the SOURCES Of amusement o
ths members OF the legislature Tue boy
are Of a Numerous tone Of mind. and dur
ing she Twenty -sqventh Legislature, Will
the members were at recess Tor lunch, tn
pages organized house OF their own
transacting business in a general way an,
deToting their initiative talents 10 takin
The speaker OF this house was Harry Hy
man. young lad from Waco who Is r.
markedly Dright youth. Young Hymal
presided with credit 70 himself and Speak
er Prince, himself acknowledged that Harr
was somewhat Of a parliamentariRn Thi
year young Lyman was made page {
Speaker Neff lie is a great friend O
Assistant General Passenger Agent Tom ]
Anderson Of tho Sunset Central lines. an
be thus tells az bic campaign for the pos
ton u which he was appointed. The lsr
ter "a ~ tollews
Hon r J. Anderson Houston, Texsa
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