Texarkana Host to Editors
Twin City of Two States—Center of Wealth
and Industry
"Texarkana Is ‘the gateway to the
Golden West,’ but It Ib my belief It al
•o U the very center and heart of a
Saectlon of golden opportunities,” re
marked one of the editors at the for
ty-fourth annual convention of the Ar
kansas Press Association in that city
the early part of this week, and this
belief seemed to prevail generally
among the editors, their wives and
their guests, who were given an op
portunity to Judge for themselves as
to the exceptional opportunities which
lire found In the Twin Cities.
"Opportunity knocks but once,” is
an old saying, but literally this does
hot apply to Texarkana, inasmuch as
the opportunity Is ever present there,
rather seeking the man tlmn that t lie
mao should seek it.
Following the Monday afternoon
business session of the press conven
tion, through the generosity of the an
tomobile owners of Tt xarkana -and
auto ride to many of the forty-nine
manufacturing establishment!) In Tex
arkana. and that the editors were sur
prised and amazed at their size and
the volume of annual output la putting
it mildly. These 49 manufacturing
plants turn out finished products to
a number greater than one hundred.
One of the greatest advantages of
Texarkana as an industrial center is
the fact that the territory contiguous
furnishes an apparently inexhaustible
supply of wood and other fuel, Buch
as natural gas, oil and lignite. The
available timber supply can be safely
estimated at 1,500,000 acres, principal
ly of hardwoods, such as hickory, oak,
ash, and gum—all within convenient
distance of the city.
The 49 factories employ approxi
mat el y 2,000 men. It is estimated
there are employed as wrage earners
within the Twin Cities a total of 6,000
poisons, entailing a monthly pay roll
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The two large buildings are the State National Hank huiblit i i tie
Texarkana National Bank building, which is the taller, H.-i w< > ’ I • ,
State Line, dividing the two cities. The view extend w t on H i re.
Into Texas.
• there are many generous ones among .
them—the editors were taken on an
automobile ride over the Twin Cities, <
shown the wonderful improvements
made since last the editors were
there, told of the many womierful im
provements in the way of paving, in
creased water mains for better fife
protection, more fire houses, substan
tial business houses, etc, that are
about to be begun, and then were taken
on a tour of inspection to several
of the forty-nine manufacturing insti
tutlons in the city.
Texarkana is situated in proximity
to four great states—Arkansas, Texas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, the dividing
line of two of these states forms a
geographical division of the citi it-1
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• of $250,000. The total \ah;e of tin
'products from the T. xark; . a facto
I ries in 1914 was $".120,(100, and tin
present year bids fair to .■ how an in
crease of almost 25 per cent ovci
those figures.
With its geographical location a'
the corners of four states, I \arl .art
is blessed with railroad faciliti s such
as no other city of like sir/e in the j
United States enjoys. Other cities
may have more carriers entering
them, but none with lines diverging
to a more resourceful territory. There
are nine separate lines enter1 T x
arkana, affording ready shipping fa. ii
ities in any direction and placing the
output of Texarkana factories ami
farms in close . ml const m: e:<
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Where the Press Association met i’ < ■ - li Tiiis . «»n
the largest book and stationery esia> . • -n- it!), a ini tills ordei - ;«
all kinds of church supplies, a* wail *•. - k •
self, entailing the necessity of fcj ,i (
rate municipal governments each
with Its own mayor and city council
police department, etc., and each en
joying its own peculiar individualities
and growth, yet united In a common
cause—the upbuilding of a greater j
Texarkana. There is a commendable j
commercial and social co operation be
tween the two cities that augurs well
for the future
Texarkana is rapidly forging to the
front, and there are five logical rea
sons, briefly summarized as follows:
Texarkana Is a city of homes, a city
of factories, a city of schools, a city
of churches and a city with ideals.
There are supplemental reasons with
out number why Texarkana is, and
why Texarkana will continue to be,
the greatest city of its size in the
entire South. As to the homes on
both sides of the state line, wealth ts
to be found In abundance.
As to banking facilities, few cities
are in a class with Texarkana. There
are six banks there, each of them
sound as the rock of Gibraltar, and
the aggregate deposits amount to be
tween five and six million dollars.
They have ample reserve bank connec- i
tions.
The editorial party vae taken on an
with tin nmi'a-ting centers of the
world
Thus Texarkana, while actually tin
gateway to the great Southwest, also
Is virtually the gateway to the four
states, and as a result there can be
procured there a combination of
freight rates, interstate or intrastate,
that makes for the shippers an easy
basis on which to get their goods
through this inland port of entry. It
Is conservatively estimated an aver
age of 35,000 to 45,000 people dally
pass through this city in their travels
north or south or east or west.
Texarkana is a city of beautiful
and costly homes, of well kept lawns,
neatly cleaned streets, and of parks
wherever there happens to be a va
cant lot, most of which is due to the
J Civic League, the members of which
are never idle. With the aid of the
Boy Scouts, and from subscriptions
liberally made each month, the Civic
League ladles keep a “white wing"
officer who attends to the task of
keeping the streets clean and the
parks in first-class condition.
Many improvements are about to
be undertaken in Texarkana. The
Texarkana Water Corporation is now
engaged in laying larger and addition
al water mains for better fire protee
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Every druggist in town—your drug
gist and everybody's druggist lias noticed
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They all give the same reason. Dodson’s
Liver Tone is taking its place.
“Calomel is dangerous and people know
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every druggist who sells it. A large
bottle costs 50 cents, and if it fails to
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Dodson’s Liver Tone Is a pleasant-tast
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you will feel weak, sick and nauseated.
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vigor and ambition.
lion, thiB work to cost $30,000; the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Is preparing to pave four
blocks along its right of way in the
wholesale district, a work which will
cost approximately $40,000; the en
tire Arkansas side of the city has
been included in a street paving dis
rfct, and 52 blocks are to be paved,
guttered and otherwise improved at
an estimated cost of between $300,
000 and $400,000. This work is to
start within the next four to six
weeks, it wras stated. Other improve
ments, either now under way or con
templated, include the double track
ing of their line to Fulton by the Iron
Mountain; the building of 60 miles
of improved highway from Texarkana
to the Red River crossing at Fulton;
another hjghway to the Louisiana
iine, and in Bowie county, the Texas
side of the city, an expenditure of
more than $100,000 is to be made in
the building of public highways, so
that Texarkana will soon be the hub
of a perfect network of good roads.
Four national highw-ays are to paws
through Texarkana.
One of the greatest advantages ac
cruing to Texarkana is the fact that
it is situated in the very center of
one of the greatest producing belts in
this entire section. The variety and
quantity of products cannot be ex
celled anywhere. The soils are gray
sandy loam, loam and clay, merging
into brown and black sandy loams,
and clay in the river bottoms. Fruits,
vegetables, garden truck of every
known variety, feed stuffs—all are
prolific producers In this soil. The
growing of grapes is an industry
which has had a wonderful progress
during recent years, and this luscious
fruit bids fair to become one of the
chief products of the soil in that sec
tion.
i-arm lands in the vicinity of Tex
arkana range in value probably lower
than anywhere in the United States
in proportion to their productiveness.
The average value per acre in Miller
county is $11.13, with a yield r.f $22.04
per acre, while in Bowie county the
average is forty cents per acre higher.
During their stay in Texarkana the
editors were very forcibly impressed
with the conviction that Texarkajia is
on the map, commercially, financially
and socially, and that the Twin Cities
are well prepared to meet newcomers,
entertain them and hold them after
retting them there. The Texarkana
commercial organisations are working
industriously to make Texarkana
known to the world as one of the
premier cities of the great South by
reason of its natural environment and
the aggressiveness of its citizens In
dividually and collectively.
A very pleasing part of the editors'
meeting there was a reception and
organ recital tendered the guests in
the Congregational Church. Mrs. Co
zia Hynson Case, an organist whose
well-earned reputation is not confined
to the boundaries of Arkansas, Texas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, conducted
the recital on the echo organ, one of
the finest instruments ever introduced
i in this section of the country, and the
second one in the entire South, the
| only other one being at Dallas. Mr.
Edward Johnston, manager of the
Little Rock branch of the Western
Newspaper Union, sang several solos
that added greatly to the occasion,
and the ladies of the first families of
the Twfin Cities were in the receiving
line to bid the visitors welcome. The
recital was such as few cities could
present, and the visitors and their
wives were profuse In their expres
sions of appreciation.
Tuesday evening the magnificent
! Texarkana Country Cluh was thrown
open to the editorial delegation, and
a dance and reception was enjoyed.
The banquet Monday night was one of
the greatest affairs of its kind ever
attempted by Texarkana, and was a
crowning success to the efforts of the
local newspaper men there. Hon. Lee
J. Roundtree, president of the Na
tional Editorial Association, was
among the visitors, and made a brief
talk at the banquet, as well as at the
business sessions of the convention.
Another prominent visitor at the meet
ing was Walter B. Whitman, publisher
of Holland’s Magazine and president
of the Texas Press Association.
The citizens of Texarkana showered
themselves with laurel wreaths in
their entertainment of the Arkansas
Tf;\uthA> A i A.si<i;r aai tohy.
Birds-eye view of one of Texar
kana's fifty Industrial Institutions, In
addition to tlie manufacture of caskets
and nil kinds of undertakers' supplies.
It produces the finest line of ornate
red cedar chests, which are In wide
demand. Its shipments cover several
states.
editors, and each one who attended
this year's meeting in Texarkana will
look forward to next year’s joint s« s
sion there with the Texas Press As
soclation with a vast deal of plea uni
anticipation.
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I ! ard of Dr. Pierce’s Anuric Tablets
I so 1 thought L would try them. 1 took
only cine box of the Tablets, and my
back is now free from pain and f can
work and take care of my family. I
feel I cannot say enough for this medi
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Note: This ”Anuric” is adapted
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| disease's arising from disorders of tho
i kidneys and bladder, such as backache,
j weak back, rheumatism, dropsy, con
gestion of the kidneys, inflammation
of the bladder, scalding urine and
urinary troubles. The physicians and
specialists at Dr. Pierce’s great Institu
tion, at Buffalo, N. V., have thoroughly
tested this prescription and have been
with one accord successful in eradicat
ing these troubles, and in most cases
absolutely curing the diseased kidneys.
Patients having once used "Anuric”
at Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel, have re
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demand lias been created that Dr. Pierce
j has decided to put "Anuric” in the drug
stores of thi3 country, in a ready-to-use
(form. If not obtainable send one dime
; by mail to Dr. Pierce for trial package
i r 50 cents for full treatment
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTIT1 TION OK I RK SPATE
OK ARKANSAS.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing Joint resolution, proposing an
amendment to the Slate Constitution
was passed by the General Assembly
at its regular session of 1915, and that
the same will be submitted to the elec
tors of the State ut the next general
election, to be held Tuesday, November
7. 1916, for adoption or rejection.
Proposed Amendment >o. 14.
That the following Is hereby pro
posed as an amendment to the Consti
tution of the State of Arkansas, which,
when agreed to by a majority of all
members elected to each house and
adopted by a majority of the electors
of the State voting at the next gen
eral election for senators and repre
sentatives, shall become a part of the
Constitution of the State of Arkansas:
"Section 1. The county courts in
t.ielr respective counties, in addition to
tne county tax now allowed to be lev
ied, shall have power when authorized,
as hereinafter provided, to levy an an
nual tax not exceeding three mills on
the dollar on all taxable property,
which shall he collected and expended
in making and repairing public roads
and bridges In their respective coun
ties: and said court shall have power,
after authority given as hereinafter
provided, to levy a tax not exceeding
three mills on the dollar on all taxable
property for a period of time not to
exceed thirty years, to borrow money.
Issue bonds, and pledge the revenues
arising from the tax levied for a pe
riod of time, to pay the interest and
principal of any sum or sums so bor
rowed. Ail bonds issued by authority
herein given shall bear a rate of inter
est not to exceed 6 per cent per annum.
All sums so borrowed shall be used ex
clusively in making and repairing the
public roads and bridges in the county.
The annual tax and the tax for period
of years shall not both be levied and
be In force at the same time In any
county—the levy of one shall exclude
the levy of the other.
Before any levy of taxes herein au
thorized shall he made, the question
of levying such tax shall he submitted
to the qualified electors of the county
at a general or special election called
for thut purpose, at which a majority
of the qualified electors voting at such
an election shall have voted In favor of
such levy of taxAs.
Approved February 2. 1915.
The above resolution was tiled In the
office of the Secretary of State on Feb
ruary 2, 1915.
Each elector may vote for or against
the above amendment.
Witness my official signature thte
19th day of April. 1916.
EARLE W HODOE8,
Secretary of State.
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