Orange Daily Tribune. (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 12, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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ORANGE, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12. 1*04
NOTICE!
IP YOD WANT A
Home Deposit
Safe:::::::
Gall soon as our sup-
ply is keing ex-
hausted. ONE DOL-
LAR WILL OPEN A
BANK ACCOUNT.
Do It Now!
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Do you want to buy a
fence this spring that
will last longer ahd keep
in shape better than the
ordinary fencing? If so,
Buy Me Mullin’s Galv. f« ga.
2-mesh, 39-Inch Diamond
Mesh Fencing. Only 94.»S
■* per Roll oil SO feet.
It will turn anything
from the small chicken
to the vicious cow.
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We also Carry:
24-inch, f-inch'mesb, 19-ga.
80-inch, l-inchjmesh, 19-ga.
48-inch, 1-inch mesh, 19-ga.
THE LUMBERMEN
ARE IN SESSION
H0HIPEHT1 ANNUAL CONVENTION BEGIN
, IN THIS CIT1 TOE MORNING.
0RANG%^
NATIONAL
BANK
See Us Before Placing Your Order for fencing.
We are Headquarters for
Bridge & Beach Cook Stoves
and Majestic Ranges.
$rtiie $®mly ft.
W. B.,SIMMONS,
..DENTIST..
_0»e« upstairs la SaUbe Baud tor, corn
Front sad Mb SU, Orange, Texas.
NewPSonea &ettce . £}}
U»T ALWAYS IB >TTER»AKK.
The Galveston Party.
The following peopde from Orange
were visitors at Galveston last Sun-
day:
New Administration.
The city council met In regular ses-
sion this evening. Mayor Windham
was sworn in and entered at once up-
Mayor Windham and daughter. Miss on his duties. Foil particulars will ap-
SaJJIe. Miss Edna Hart. L. D. Wrist
and wife. EL A. Cheatham, Marshall
Beauchamp, Horace Bland, A. Calhoun
And wife.
To the visiting newspaper people:
The latch string of the Tribune office
hangs on the outside. Make this ofriee
your headquarters while in Orange.
pear in tomorrow’s Tribune.
It is quite impossible to properly de-
scribe all the beautiful show windows
and decorated store fronts in Orange
today. It is earangh to say that all the
decorations are spienaia In every
sense of the wad.
A Large Attendance Presents Everybody Good Natnred,
and Officers State This WiH Be the
Best Meeting in Years.
Th« Eighteenth Annual convention j was telling my wife about the boys
going to the theaters, etc., you know
of the Lumbermen’s Association of
Texas was called to order this morning
she looked at me kind of funny like.
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know where they went to?” And do
GO TO THE
Orange Furniture Co.
AND GET THE
Jennings Adjustible Window
Shade Brackets
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large number of representative lumber-
men present.
The lumbermen began to come in
yestesday afternoon, a large delegation
came in last night and a still larger
number came in this morning, while
every train sinee has dropped off a
few.
Every visitor Is Jolly, good humored
and determined to get all the enjoy-
ment possible out of the meeting.
A director's meeting was held last
night and much Important businefs
iranspcted by the few who were pries
ent. «A fult meeting of the. directorate
was, heldatjioon today.
The meeting "’Was. called to order by
Secretary darl F. Drake, in the ab-
sence of both the president and vice
president, the president, W. B. Brazel-
ton being physically unable to attend
the meeting and the vice president be-,
ing unavoidably detained. Ex-Presi-
dent E. A. Lingo was unanimously
chosen to serve as temporary chair
man and took charge of the meeting.
On behalf of Mayor George W. Ban-
croft, Fndge 3. A. Holand was then
iatmteead aad delivered a short ad-
dress of welcome to the visitors, and
turning over to them the keys of the
city. In part Judge Holland said:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have been bidden by our honorable
mayor in his behalf to extend to you
a Tight royal welcome to our city, and
to deliver to yon the municipal keys
that may come and go and open and
shut the portals as become our guests
and friends. Our ladles will take
charge of your ladies—that ta—so
long as our men folks can’t help it, and
likewise our men will ace after you
as tong aa{ under the circumstances
that will atjrronnd you—-you may per-
mit it-^for as sure as fate, and I warn
you now we have here blue eyes and
4»tack eyes,, hazel and brown eyes
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—and the Lord help the lumbermen
when a girl )bakes goo-goo eyes, for
you all know bow It is yourself. I de-
sire now to pay to you lumbermen
this compliment that you are perhaps
the most liberal body of men on the
face of thej earth, for wherever I go—
into whatsoever state or county—in
every home from the humblest cot-
tage to the royal paacles of kings, aye,
even from the spires of God’s belfries
down to the chicken coop I meet With
your contributions. It may be for a
price, to he sure, as indeed it most gen-
erally is, but nevertheless there you
are. Concerning the usefulness of
your avocation I bavp only to ssy of!
the products yon furnish, we are rock
ed In it from infancy, spanked with It
in childhood,, live in it all our lives,
and at death moat of us are coffined
In It. Behind it we kiss onr wives
(sometimes other people’s) and upon it
we bend the knee in worship, especial
ly on Sundays. It protects even yottr
own secrets so that the curious public
cannot so much as tel! wMt causes
the caterwauling of the hoo-hoos at
your concatenations. It shields us
Atom the winter's cold and the sum
mor’s heat and like our toddles (I
mean your toddles) and a few other
blessings too numerous to mention, it
is good in all kinds of weather.
From behind it our ministers
preach the gospel and upon it onr
are hung. From the pipe-
the violin it helps to furnish
He as well as a place to
wfe—*cp wun rnyuunic foot
.reel to the all-
That the lumber-
• in
you know I couldn’t tell her to save
my life?,, , f
All right now gentlemen, the keys
to the city are yours, and If you don’t
paint her red there’s nothing to it
Orange feels good and everything in
it. The latch strings are 09 the outside
and. If you get in too late for supper,
there’ll be no questions asked, and
you’ll have no explanations to make ex-
cept to your wives. Again gentlemen,
on behalf of our honorable mayor I
extend to you a cordial weloome to our
little city. Our hearts and arms are
open to you (I. mean we men of
oourse), but gentlemen take my fath-
erly advices: Be good to your selves.
Mr. Sam T. Swinford, of Houston,
was then Introduced by tj^r president
and responded to the address of wel-
come. Mr. Swlaford’s talk was extem-
pore, but was full of happy thoughts.
Among other things, Mr. Swinford
said that it gave him immense satis-
faction, after twenty years of service
in the Association to say to its mem-
bers, “I told you so,” referring to the
fact that be had often told them that
If they would come to Orange they
would be royally welcomed and enter-
tained. It gave him extreme pleasure
to be with the Association In a meet-
ing to him old home. Mr. Swinford was
formerly a resident of Orange and was
moyor of the city dor several years.
In behalf of the lumbermen of Or-
age, Hon. J. W. Link made a short ad-
dress of weloce, also an extempore
talk, but filled with many witty com-
ments upon the various members of
the local lumber fraternity. Mr. Link
said also that In welcoming the lum
bermen to Orange, the home of the
yellow pine lumber Industry, he was
simply welcoming them home, and he
welcomed them not only in behalf of
the owners of mills, their super-
intendents and managers, but also In
behalf of every laboring ftuxn employ-
ed about the big plants. These men
•who produced the lumber were anxious
to meet the men who distributed the
product throughout the laud and in be-
half of each of these he extended a
hearty welcome to Orange.
The response on behalf ot the lum-
bermen was matte by Mr. 8- F. Carter,
president of the Emporia Lumber com-
pany, who was introduced by Chair-
man Lingo, as “the silver tongued ora-
tor ot the Association*.’’ Mr. Carter
apoke as follows: •.:■
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: You will scarcely expect
from a plain, everyday business man
a response tg keeping with the elo-j
quent address of weloome to which
we have just listened. -The hospitali-
ty of the lumbermen of Orange is pro-
ties, we will find what
the true cause, the foundation-1
as it were, of this city’s present 1
position of greatness and
Many under the sound of my *
will remember the heroic efforts j
forth by that noble band of 1
men of former years in their
ors to make Orange the leading yel-
low pine producing center of the
South. And we all know how well
they succeeded. And as I stand here
today my thoughts revert back to the
early eighties, whep what might beLs
termed the “Old Odtard” was in charge
of the operations of the milling plants
of this city, and upon whose success
depended the welfare of its entire citi-
zenship, as well as the destiny of the
city of Orange. Well do'V remember
that noble band, all of whom 1 counted
among my friends. The venerable
Judge Wingate, who, though passing
We knew before coming here tbit we
He replied - “Well, I am ne
Yes.”
would be received *with open arms and ,nK * loKKtng locomotive for our trasc-
open hearts. Yet we appreciate more ££ n^L “lnS Very
than tongue can tell the warm words Taf vL^°U d Hke tor 70X1 16 plck
of welcome that have Just been spoken - be8t on* you can flnd
ldences of friendship and good will , ®he ninev ,08«^50,“p8
SUMS Sg
Mta of Orange is a privilege and «h
honor of which any body of men
should Justly feel proud. Where |j*
this broad land of ours will* we find
9 ***xarz”“‘-T’
city of
we find a city or-------
1 VJ2* a quantity
Of long leaf yellow
pro-
■r,
through vicissitudes of flood and fire,
never tost courage; the nigged Sandy
Gilmer, who could not be disheartened
by hard tim^p or other discouraging
features of business; the whole-souled
and aggressive Lutcher, whose energy
equaled that of a locomotive under full
head of steam; the cool, calculating
and far-seeing G. Bedell Moore, who
was always ready to work for the best
interest of his city; the quiet and in-
dustrious Thos. Bancroft, the father ot
your honored ex-mayor; the last but
not least, that sturdy Scotchman, John
McKinnon, the friend .of all and the
enemy of no one. Some of these pio-
neers have passed to their final re-
ward, while others have practically
retired from active business. Gentle-
men of the convention, “Men may,
come and men may go,” but the spirit
wnd influence of these granej ipen will
abide with the city of Orange forever.
To these pioneers, I say, Orange is In-
debted in a great measure for her
present position in the commerciAl
world, and I am satisfied they are giv-
en full credit by the entire citizenship
of this city.
But, while it takes men of sturdy
.character, pluck and energy to lay the
foundation of a thriving and up to
date dity, it requires-men of* equally
as much ability and enterprise to carry
to full fruition the plans of the original
And we find that the city of
Orange has been peculiarly fortunate
in finding such men in the Starks, the
Links, the I*. Millers, the Farwells, the
Charlie Reins, the Pannewtts, th,e
younger Bancrofts, the Filsoas and
scores of other enterprising and pro-
gressive business men 4bo hive al-
ready demonstrated to the world the
fact that they will not allow their city
to lag behind in the onward march of
progress. All honor to the men of the
“Old guard!” All honor to the new
men in charge!
But, my frienas. l rear I will tire
you, and w?U in a few moments cease.
The question now Is: What are w*
here for? Some may say “for busi-
ness,” but from the great preparations
made for our entertainment, I am con-
vinced that we will have the grandest
and most pleasant time of any meet-
ing in the history of our Association,
whether we transact much business or
not.
I have been given to understand that
we visitors are welcome to anything
we see, whether it be Ice cream, water-
melons, lumber, or sawmills. Just be-
fore leaving home I called my associ-
ates into my office and told them that
I was going to Orange, where every-
thing would be free, and agked the
boys what I should bring them. They
said they knew I would eat as much
ice cream and watermelons as one firm
would be entitled to, and as we had
all the lumber and sawmills we need-
ed at present, they could think of
nothing just at that time for me to
tjiem. Finally our mill manager
m
m
and said. “You say every-
be free at Orange?’’ I said
aa
. out ta
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Orange Daily Tribune. (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 12, 1904, newspaper, April 12, 1904; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth644915/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.