Forney
From the Herald Traveler
Dallas Weekly Herald
Saturday, 22 January 1887
Page 2
FORNEY, Jan. 16 – The new year finds Forney holding her own as well if not better than any of her sister towns. The 1st of January, 1887, her shipments of the celebrated “black land hay” amounted to 8096 tons for the year just passed; then 200 cars of cotton seed and thirty-nine cars bois d’arc posts added makes a respectable shipping list that many towns with twice her amount of population would be proud to show up. There has been marketed since August 10th, last, 5670 bales cotton, more than double any preceding year, and by January 1, 1888, if there is a good crop made, she will handle 10,000 bales. Banking facilities is all her merchants require to handle that amount.
That popular organization known as the “Grangers” held a meeting on the 8th inst., and re-elected Mr. Robert Rhea as manager of the Grange store at this place, Mr. James Rhea bookkeeper and Mr. George Lee as salesman. The directors are highly pleased at their financial success with the above-mentioned mercantile establishment and propose to increase their business still more as the season advances.
The new depot agent, Mr. F.S. Gage, is making himself quite popular with the business men of Forney by his affable bearing.
The farmers have commenced breaking land for another crop, and as near as we can ascertain there will be a greater acreage of grain sowed this year than last.
Corn, oats and hay are in good demand, with a scarcity of corn and oats, and increasing demand for first class grade of hay.
The weather continues beautiful but grain [rain?] is being wanted to bring up grain that is sown, and to keep alive that already up. Health in town and surrounding county was never better at this season of the year.
We are under special obligations to notice the following firms at Forney:
Adams & Daily dealers in drugs, paints, notions, etc. The careful compounding of prescriptions is a specialty. Mr. Daily one of the members of this firm in connection with M. McKellar have erected two i on [sic] from brick stores, 60 x 80, two stories in height, now ready for rent.
Langram & Yates, dealers in hardware, arm implements, machinery, queensware, Carriages, wagons, buggies, iron ties and the famous Forney hay. Their prices are satisfactory and they are doing a large business.
McIntire & Walker, furniture dealers and undertakers, carry a large and handsome stock, and do a business commensurate with the growth of this prosperous town. They expect soon to add to their undertakers’ department a $500 hearse. They are both live men and will undoubtedly succeed.
Dortch Bros. dealers in fancy groceries are young men of taste and business tact. They are polite to customers and low in prices, while their stock is always fresh and of the best quality.
J.M. Daugherty, of the market house, supplies the city with sausage, pork steak and the juicy tenderloin.
L.N. Riter is another hardware dealer whose energy and fair dealing is drawing a large and remunerative trade.
Prof. Burnett, from the old State of Tennessee, presides over the large and flourishing public school.
The Lindsey House, the principal hotel, is clean and neat, supplying comfort and cheer to the traveling public.
The country is prairie, the people agricultural and the land is black waxy and of unsurpassed fertility, and too valuable for common pasturage. The Forneyites are alive to their growing interests, and will keep pace with the progress of our great State.
Have largely increased the list for both Daily and Weekly Herald at this place.
