The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-11-17
DALLAS, TEXAS.


lng to renew his subscription to the
Herald, after throwing some rather
extravagsnt boquets at the editor of
this paper, and giving we'll meIited
knock or two to the knockers, says:
1.-The establishment of Y. NJ. q.
A. in Columbia is the greatest feat
that has been accomplished there since
the panic. / watched your efforts from
the first, and became almost fIantically
interested as the time came for the
subscription list to he published; and
even when tnat came out. | did not
believe the majority would even pay
their subscriptions with real money.
But the Y NJ. C. A. is an established
fact. and must say that If you can
accomplish work of that kind in
community where 80 per cent are
dead ones. you could accomplish
wonders in a country like this, where
every one Is ''live One, and only
needs to he shown what to do and 1t is
done send little matter to show
you what we are doing here. -
The little matter" spoken of was
five folders, telling all about Dallas.
and showing cuts of the larger and
more pretentiOus buildings. The Prae-
torian building is fourteen stories
high; but perhaps the prettiest build
ing shown is the Jaunita, which is
only eight stories tall,
Dallas has eight commercial banks
and four savings banks, with aggIe-
gate deposits amounting to $40, 900, 900.
They have 10 public school buildings,
which cost S45O, 900; they employ 200
teachers, and their enrolment is 49,
900.
They have eight railway systems; 20
miles of electric railways. and IS miles
of intarurban railway.
We learn from one of these little fol-
dels that when Texas first became
State, she had two square miles Uf land
for each OF her inhabitants. She now
has about thirteen people to each
square mile, and is rapidly growing
in population. If Texas were peopled
as densely as New York state, she
would have foIty-two million lnhabl-
tants. Settled as closely as Massachu
sets, she would have one hundred
million; as closely as England, one
hundred and sixty six millions; more
than twice as many as all the states
now have.
Did you know that Texas, with
Its vast area and rich soil, could house
and feed all the people of the United
States today?
'"Texas is the garden spot OF the
world" one Of these little folders tells
as land Dallas is the centre.
OF course we know that is not true.
Middle Tennessee is the garden spot of
the world. and Columbia is its centre.
But the trouble Is that the 'live ones
in Dallas advertise it to the world as
the garden spot, while the dead
ones" who have pIe-empted the real
garden spot don t advertise at ALL and
this being an advertising age, Dallas
has far outstrlpped Columbia In
growth, an will continue to do so I'M
til the dead ones In Columbia are
buried and Live ones grow up 10
take their places.
Texas and the great West has advan-
tages that we of the middle South have
not. But they have isadUantageswe have
not, and we have advantages they have
not 1t Tennessee would advertise its
climate, It's crops, its resources, its
favored geographical position. its adj
vantages, to the world, as Texas and
California aud other states OF the West
advertise their advantages, Tennessee
would grow as fast in population and
in the development of its resources as
any of them.
Nashville slept for an hundred years
and walked up on its Centennial day
and began to advertise; and look what
Nashville has done add is dong, and
watch her figures in the next census
Columbia is 50 strong and lusty, and
Is SO favored by nature that it is bound
TO grow. But if Columbia would take
on an ambition to make the best of her
opportunities, and put to work her best
energies, and employ modern methods,
Columbia could have a population O,
25 600 by the next census, Just as easy
as not.
Columbia was never in better humor
or better shape or better trim to organ
lie and begin this good work, than right
now.
Dallas is reaching out for a popule.
ton of 100000, and have what they
call the One Hundred aud Fifty Tbous-
and Club.
Suppose we organize for Columbia
the Fifty Thousand Club, and put Col.
Jno. W Fry at the head of it and
subscribe $4,000 cash money to do the
work? Are you in? Are Won
one of the "live ones. or are
you dead one?" What will
you give? The Herald will start the
Authorization Inn