The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1910 Page: 3 of 28
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Published Every Friday
Volume 20
THE LEADER PRINTING CO., Publishers
ORANGE, TEXÁS, DECEMBER 23, 1910
A. L. FORD, Manager
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ORANGE
The City Beautiful—Industrial anil Agri-
\^ cultural Center o( Southeast Texas
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S (f|{ a liiiiiiI>cr ni' years, past It lias been
customary at tlii- season .'to issue- an
Annual Holiday Edition of the.<¡range
Lender. Eaeli year we have tried"!o improve '
upon (lie previous one, ami in practicalh
reached the aenie ol' perfection in n puliation
i l'«ll'|is Ííirkl: TIie It'll!' I liiliday K/ililioii ol' the
('range I ,eadcr was heralded far 'and Wide as
the handsonii'st edit i 011"'ó I' a newspaper ever
printed in Texas, and through tliiit .medium
Orange and fhe header I'riniing mmpiiny re.
eeiveil I Ije host advert ¡sing they have ever had.
• In 'presenting' tlie. 1 i • 1 n edition' we I eel that we.
have, at h'us!, maintained the high standard
previously attained, and that we can point,
with pride to 'this edition ol I he Leadei, as a
• work of art."of which no printing ofliee'nccd
lie ashamed, and of which \ve believe every
citizen of Orange and •every
patron of the paper may well leel
a pardoiiil'lih1 degree ol pride.
OUR COVER PAGE
The handsome front cover
page of this paper, printed in ,
four colors, represent- a minder •
of local "scenes .in. and about ' .
(Irauge. a description of which.
will probably not he oul'ot place
Itel'e, -The view ill the .Upper
left hand corner is'frOn'i a photo
graph; taken while*a barge of
roilg'h rice was being unloaded
¡ido the* warehouse- ol till'
' ('range rice. mill. . This is a I y pi
(iii.1 scene, a - -I lu-rir-a ml-, ol' bag-
cvf. rice are I rail's po.y.ed by I h i -
iue! hod 'every .year' from , the
farms on ll.ie Sabine l.íiyer, on
(,'ow. Haviiu, on I'lack l.íay.ou and
other st.reai.ns, The middle Upper •
view represents ,'(• rice threshing
machine. a scene l lia'l is \ er\
familiar to the residents ol |.-he
' rice licit of Louisiana and. Texas.
I'.ice is harvested like 'wh'cal. is..
■si 10else'l ill. lire ..field- and' the
Ibreshings machiné^, upera ted b\
tract ¡oil engines, go froln littld to -
Held lo t hresji the rice. The hor
ves! seasoii:':'f>. a.u ext rcnieln ■ hjisy
and inipoiitaat Trhe to I lie.vice
1 ' V¡. void? .
farmer. The view, in I lie upper
ri'.ü111 ham]/ corner represent- a
~ Tiuni liar scene oil the Sabine
,river at < >rjing(\ the. unloading o|
a h ig I ra i n of I lie Mi Iter Link
Lumber .company. This company
secures its logs from t iliilier
camps on 4lle Orange iV North
western ra i I road a I I 'linker 11 i 11,
I lie lo'gs.are brought to Orange by I ra i ii and-
■ arc unloaded into tjie river and floated tm'the
logwa v. up wli.ic.hJliov go into the mill to lie
manufactured..into lumber. The scene iii lower
center is, a view m|*. logging opera)ion.- in. the
pine forests from which the limber comes I,o
s'lipplv the mills at <)range. A sleai'n log loader
i< shown in tlii- picture at one end o! Ilie train,
loading the logsoiilo tlii1 car-, while the engine
that | nil Is t lie train i- 'seen in the foreground.
Temporary tracks'are laid info section- of
timber and small, hut powerful locomotives are
• used to make up tlié. t rain- and haul" the loaded
he car's, lo I he main line; when t lii- section of
liuiber is all cut out. the track is taken,up and
'laid into, aiiol her -cclion of liuiber. The big
uiills ill Orange constantly employ a lar je.nuui
her oT nieij at the tinibei-lianips, gelling out li^'
• logs froin which I lie lumber i< made at the gpnat
planls in this city. The next -view is a ^eenc
mi the Sabine fiver at'Oi'ange when tliixv ves
seis of the I' ni I cd~St al es . I orpedo 1.1 eyl. visited
this city. These iÜl*.VVJiiFstejjin««J
through*, I he Sabine Neclie- cluffíilK a.nd Up the
Sabine lf.i.V(ir„.J« nrange:wi|h(iut/inis!i;ip i'r de
• lav of aliv kind wliiileVer.
l'Viscj fadrdad doáks. J he 'J 'nited Slates. t.0|'--
pedo lioals were \'isit;e(| by thousands ol'.peiiple'
and were objects of great, interest. In the lowih-.
left hand corner is shown n view 'of the Weaver
Son t^liip ya'rds in (iraiigti, with a .ihoiisUm*
■ ocean-going barge under construction.. Ship-
building is a;n ¡juporlaíif iiidustiw . here now,
and will become much l'nore iiirpiVrt'ant after the
conijiletioii of the Snbiiie-Neehes caira1, giving'
' 'range' a deep walei* outlet «lo the c,a and e-
lablishiug here a great inland 'seapprl. In and
around the. mouth of the cornucopia i- shown
the varied products of Orange eoiiilt\'. whose
soil is capable of producing any fruit, vegetable
or I'ariji j>rtx 1 net ever grown in a semi ll'opicaj
climate. In the center (if the page, is a view,*
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showing-East Orai,Mc as t he" art is| sees it in Ins
mind's eye, following development- that''have
begun. With the completion oí the deep water
cal (a I to the sea',- the building, ó I' I lie .pi:opo.^e(,L '
raill'pad line with its terminus on the. east shore
of the Sabine river, opposite Orange, and other
developments now planned, East Orange wiM-
lieciiiue a great nranufuc! wring "and diipping
organ, the second largest in (lie l -niled State's, ■
was specially 'constructed for tips church at a
-ejmt. of move than tweiity ilunisaiid dóllars.
The art glass in this splendid edifice far ex
ceeds in beauty any, ever..before seen in the
south, and,'in fact, this church is ¡i model of
beauty, of confort, of coiu'eiii'ence and of per
•feetion in every particular. Mere words'fiiuj-
inadeipiali' to convey to the niiik|<if the reaVÍéi'-
a. satisfactory description of this magnificent
edifice. Which immediately attract- the alien,
lion and the admiration 'of every Visitor to'tln.'
city. This new church is soon to lie' deiTicali^l. '
and will be used by
I ion as a house of worship. * .
.In selecting" a frontispiece for ibis Annual
Holiday Edition of f,lie Leader we have thought
il eininen-ily appropriate to portrax a repro
duction of this building, majestic in its; archi •
tecluiyi.l .beauty,;,nob|e in its conception, com-
memorating the liberality and civic pride of
one of our citizens, and standing as,a monument
lo I he patriotism, lije business sagacitv and
progressiy.eiiess oj'y jnan whose wond-erl'nl fori.'
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I.UTCHKIJ MEMORIAL CllimCM* OKANUK, TEXAS
inchored at the
center. • 'A .-liid.V of I his/lieaiitil'nl cover des¡gin
will give one a good iil/a ,of f'lie-iungnilieefif re
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sources of Orange, wjticli i- rich in posTsibililies.
and wiiiehTfi.i<>ys Ms'o great sources of wealth
and prosperity, nmiui'l'aciiiring,aiid farining„
OUR FRONTISPIECE
TIk* front,ispieee, or firs! page illustration, in
Ibis edit ion A hows "the ningnidcenf Lnjeher Me
inoi'ial ('h/ircb, vvhiuli f|.a,s jusl recently been
coinplelod at a '.cost of ^.'IHH.IlOO. This splendid
edilici'yivas built by Mrs, 11. .1. Lulcber and for
ages/to come \\JTL lainlV- a iy.i.!.ui.o,i.'ia.|'.tfo the.
liai/ie ol' LulchelV a IBM lie eloSelv linked with
the progres sand prosperity of Orange. Th'^s
iieautif.nl church i- jinTlI 'of Te\as granile-anii
lia- been eoii-lriieted a an enduring iiK.inniiienlT
i*- an insTittilional church, lieing. e<piipped
with all the appliances amltconveniences' of a
modern churcfi, including aiidiloriuni, Sunday
School and Icehrre-nioins. ption rooms, par
lor,-, piiistor's study, kitchen a 11 (T TI; m i 11 g nioin,-
individual power plan!, for• lighting, heating
and ventila lion every! hi.ng. iii fact, that could
lie thought of as necessary o_r convenient for a
inodern, instilutionaf church. The great pipe
sight laid I lie foundation here for several for
tunes and made Orange the center of the great
yellow pine lumber industry of (lie sotilli.
A- an cdiicationnj. religion- a yd lilvrary emi
le.r, 'Oniiige stand- high in the rank-. .The
I 'resb VI el ill Ii, M e| h()(l i-l. Ilajplls!, t 111'i st ia II,
I'lpiscopal, Liilhei'iiii and ('alholie e.hurellies_
all have órganizal ions here,'wit h house- of W'or
ship', and all of them have regular ipa-l.orjp I lie
greater part of the time, Ifi point .of menibjer
sliip the Method,isl and Maptisl oíiurehfit ¡d'1'
the largest. The lal ler. church ha-c'veral or
gauizafioiis in and near the city. All ol the
Vantages and opportunities offered at the place
lie has iu view for a 'home is,'. " What'sort of
public school facilities are.offered In Ori'inge
■this is a (|uestidu which everyone is' gjail to
have asked, for one'Van. answer truly that,
(fra.iige lias a school s.ysteui of which Any city
might leel proud; Elsiwiierc Ln I bis edition will
be Iijiiud an article dealing especially with the
public schools, but the writer wants to add herij
a word ol commendation lor the man in charge
of the Orange -I'libjic Schools, prof, .1. E.
Ilink'.lcy, the superintendent.- In 1!'()!(, when the
I'xiard of,Education were ciinfro'iifed With the
problem of selecting a superintendent for tlie
city sch( .ftls, 11iéy went about -the lnalter de
liheralelv and carefully,' and., with ran.- good
judgment, they selected from tlie long list of
.applications, that o| Mr. liinklew," who, came
I muí. Soul íi west era I nivei'sily iu (ieorgetown
v.'ell c(pii|(ped .through long experience, am
splendid .(raining, for the work before him, and
11 «i. 11 — '.i I with hi i n an <" it I ins i a sni. and Ipve
c work that list's made i i sell' felt, in everv
le | >.u rt 11 ii 'i 11 .iif the school work.
■ .... . Willi inodern. progressive ideas,
and. a well rounded character,
Mr, I'liiikley has made his in-
II"erice fc|| in 11,,. <-iit'j|-|. coni-
nuinily, and Mie Leader editor
lakes pleasure in thus pnhlielv
passing, to h¡In this well deserved
^ compliment. The 'Orange, city
Schools areJ'orfunafe in having
v. al ! heir head a mail of his
^calibre,- his training and. his
good judgment, and the home
' seeker, looking lor, fl jiíáce
where he can live coinfórlablv,
iningle with ilgreeable people
d -ecure except¡onalíy gi.od
public sc.hoi./l advantages for his
children, need go ni furl her than
Orange. Tlie homesoeker .look
■ ing lor a place where fraternities
HIn>nn<I and where lie can lie sure
of ni eel ing men, who are members
ol the same fraternity or lodge
;is' lie; need go no-further than
. -f ,
•Orange, for ill llvis city- may lie
found a great .number of secret
societies, ¡iiclíuliug practically
all-of I he leading ones.. The
Masonic order, with all of its'
. branches, is iu a nourishing' coin
. ' - ' . *
(lit ion here, the lUiie Lodge and
J he I 'hapfer being especially
"''live. The^l'.-yjlolls Scottish (file
degree team of Orange has at
liii'ioilf a nalioiiiy rejaitalion
I lll'oliiÉi the i'Xc(Jlellc.i1 of its
work I lie se+#r'aniiiiai • ficol
I i s 11 liile iTTuiioiis al (ialvcstoii
lor several years past. • The
' In ler o| Odd Eel lows, in its
several branches, also is in ii
nourishing condition here, being
leading I'mfernities in. Soulheast
I lie
one
I exas. Ibe. Sll hi (I'd i liat e. Lodge, Elicaiupmeiil
and ( anion are all active and enthusiastic here, •
as is also the liebekahs, the ladies' branch of
I he ■ Order. Other I i aleRaiit ies haying larg(<.
membership and active lodges here are the
Woodmen of the World.; and 'Woodmen Circle,
Modern Order of Praetorians,, Knights of-
I'.vIhiiis, Ancient Order I nilcd Workmen, he
gree of Honor, Iniprmcd Order of b'ed Men and
Haugliters' of I'ocalionIiií?, Knights of Honor,
Knights of the ¡Viaccabees, Ladies of the Maca
ol her- ]inve oiils-one organ iza I ion each. I'ersons
"uii^'ivl lo..Ora'nge from other points-will find ''«Ts^n-bd- Order-of flic Eastern Slaj'. So,
aiifl'ile -cope fot their religious activjlJes, what. if Ibe hiiinestíekér be. ,;i fra tern i t.y man, lie caii
ev-er '(.heir chiiTeh afliíiaíions may be. During slft'elv find congenial and pleasant;companion
the presen) year the Methodist congrega I ion. ship in Orange. ('range offers many advanf-.
lias | >n i.'cha sei.l u new location, nearer the resi ages and opportunities for I lie honjeseeker, no
deuce center of Hie city, on which they expect mailer iu wl'iaf line they 'tuny be, and Orange'
to build a'ncW church and a new- hoi,tie (or Ilie í ¡o.yites you fo conie and .investigate and'cast
pastor's family-AlLof tjie.'churclu's have activo' . your' lof with us., "f'o.nie amf we'Vi'll do tl'iee
Sumbhv Schools and young peoph''s societies in good."' V'ou wil.l tiuil I he laleli striiig on the
connection and -Imagers are'.made heafl ily-wel oiilside. riin.1 '#iH'/Wi''jiU)i*l(' li> feel' thai it Is, in
coVne'yil, all of t heir meet ings. ilecd, .gpod yUr be I-kVi^', among a coiileiited^
One oY I lie (ir-l. ipieslioiis asked by a pros- hapiiv, i ndiMrij n'o.s)'n'roii.s people. ¡iiu'kI
|i('ctivc li'oiiiesecker, wjieii invesligal ing the 'ad- pleasant amh congenial siirrolinilings.v
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The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 1910, newspaper, December 23, 1910; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183168/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.