The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 209, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940 Page: 9 of 29
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Orange County Development Edltioi
the Orange leader
Section two
ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940
PAGE ONE
Histbry Of Orange Written In 1911 Tells Of Early Days
in\m r
u#eti a: that time n<*n» the <>t«!
'upright saw. th** circular beint
unknown; ami it was a \ erv slow
; process.
ADIJOR. CAME
HERE IN 1854
like slaves like they are in Oils ita.v
ami time.
In I'Aiiti there he-^ati a reign of ter-
nr here. Ashworth and Jack
I , ....... , Hit_n-h k; 1 S.1 n| |w- w ho tlic.i
liveil at w ’at is4 * ailed the Depufy
shell I ink. se\eu «*r eight mile.- hf*
■« a oi u-n • on tin* Sul»iti»> river. IJ^*
. \y dS* ’ -'oing home from Orange to hi*
cum lot ju»t or IK .Iu»t he ..a.h.d
Grocery company* tK»u«1iij^ .t ..rue; fl-me he
—1 now have--a- «M»fw-rfnnr TmT1
feel whit*. ail in one Militi pirn mat
came out of in> fa. her* j « lvl home
which was build Li iit^4 «h*i the v.a
lljs
* Ed’tor's Note: Tlie follow lug his-
tory was written by E. U. Russell
based on the diui|. jof T. > g-. Mf
f-'arlane, who was oiib^uCt the Vaiilrtst "and h^tve* seen
Settlers in Southeast* Texas. «M.* ) ohail^ek that i
ftusseir.s father was with Sam Homs j ing them* mat i
|un in the battle of Kan Jacinto, lie [ *t S'c»« from
dame to Orange county in Ifcftf uni
died in 1*22.
of Second and t mum Sue.-isi I tiv
ed . in that injure i.om the t!.*»«• i
was a child ill i»w • un.it i w i*
grown and mart it.i m 1*7...
have lived neie tn»m chi‘dhoo.1.
*1 ml u« a in*- t.t.tn.t
s shot and Killed. urf*l , v here ihe>
his loil> v' »s thrown in th* river.
The Keign of Terror
>ho. tl\ i Jiei. Iter. .* band ku
J he K» gd! i t4»r>
ami i*
novyi
»,u organised
i t ten of icY
r three immiliVt.
i '*ii i 4 .i i*i* u -b .lt
er* m».hntih-. to
I eaut ilui :h. u i.te .« to tij* in--|.ii• •
Cit> of about 1 .»•!u* Nil* .hu.utts.
w ell l)|c
l*ei 1 h •
i hat
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Among th. in si »,. -.-rfi.
the Late K. E. Uussell y,,..., ....
_ iiluii v\t*ie the iluxuuavx..
,MI. r" ' J , Jhck.soiio. ,lordoii>. i t.-*
I landed in Aran***..., the :«ih A„ „„tl ..........
day „f June. 0*4. th^lur, I h.»- (;;tn.e|.K 4
lived here s-lns «t, 58 yearn, j ,
quite a while tor one td live in on** Vlt. ,
* ; Ml. ami Mis i..um, t M ill t;
tow n. While I have hud some troll- . , 4 f
. , . . A . , I giandp.n ems -f .mi I..i:i,. i e..unt\
ble. I have never (tniml an\ i»lu«-e ..... ....
. ■ toillini.sslollei. J.ikt- I i ll io-, no l .in.|
je. .hut I wnuld Kiw up <hu..i;c tor. ,N..
U I* the ,Uar,.,t. sih.i .... emth,,... ,Th„ fitm 1I%
m<-- . ;1'; 11r .hi, win *...,1, i,. i,.j„
The county of Orunxc was o*».tft- ,.r islii. A, l« us, I t.... „ ......
ted In Aimil IMS. It was at on- | |>y ........ ..i.icr ;i,u„ I in..! u i, ,»
time u |K»n of Jcifei son and j |„i.„. „ M„„s!e. ;,„.l iu,
couiuie?. At that time mi taltmr I f,,i that l. iiKtli i,a».
lioved here It «V cal|.-|t | Sawm.ll* Here m Is.,I
Tit,* in. W mills ,!!.(!. H.-l.- |„*l,* U - r
I oiiiie weii- fin- It. I* Jo k son.4 what.
Visa iilJerw’ards (tie Ittissell sfilitKh-
mill; I he Simla A Mernin «n mi!:,
which m«*i*I j-.st ;tli \
Lulcher A ....... mid ».,.w
and the Hurklcv utiM a*, t h»* .ii".iin
«>f fow bo\ou AH slangier .mil l-.tm
her were cm rie l f*> sii.uiu vess«-is
t« * Galveston. Port Imi\.i«-i ln.|i.,n
ola and all tmuiid tf»** we>!«*:n
coas.tr
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Homing * i,if 1"u■ f. .i j> . .\•* w ,i.
* At that time, the principal imius i also un iiiipi.it.ini iimiih,-. *.,i
try was shingle making Everyone jwas the chief cargo and waa brough’
I wa- :».e
• • I 4 ten
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i»L»c*» taiioa ih-it tinn*
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-4aao- one et’m i kilb*d .li**d
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w-4'^ ."vlili iit.ill.i I ilb-d b> It
riiM'ius .•’til I': Maims was
I*' .1 «• I. • 't • • - — Tlw band ,.f
eru born i*r of s«»uthei n descen.*. -c
ca-t tliei. lot with the Confe«lernc> J
and enrolled in the Ponfederate anm. >
Orange f enter of Activity
Orange Iwdng situue.1 «»n the S.i j
Idiie and just across the met from t
l.oulsiann. was the center «*!' «r!l» j
ify In this part «»f the state Thou J
sands of soldiers passed through t h j
ange on steamboats to \ihlets ItliifT.
< 4>iit iniied i heir journey .
e^wtward to join the m.iin arm* !
AYtien the IhsiIs w ei e passing everv !’
i*g«‘ would go ito’A ti to the river i<* r
greet the soldjers and tell th’em good
hv A*• the boat* w»»uld pay. I'.le |
soldier* Wolli I W*«ve il** f i.ewwll .l»ld ' *
cr> "(liRMihr .lig*. I ot.en •think |
»*f the many pot • s.mis who w »A*»* g*'»'
♦.and Inippv at that time . * • * who
3cali.se on I rial
id*H(t «’h‘ft home loved «»ues neve'i t** w’eti
w • '
rca in.
the WUt
• wa- !>ur|ng i tie o»m ye.u
Mt. rrcrythim? uas laid waeu* and Ibc ^
Hetlis. j w hole c»»nnti y wa«« urHim ihre<l Ah |
uioved here It w ms calicit
Bluff, afterwards! changed' to Madi
bon and fronr^laciiedn in. Orange.. In
•Nad. when I cable heie it was a
email village, you might say, on the
bank of the Sabine river. No one
lived more than three blocks fioui
the river. Everyone carried wool
dnd water from the riVer. .V/ that
time there were very few wells uml
not more than 'one •>« two under
g}'ound cisterns. Such a thing ns
Wooden cisterns were not known at
that earl.v day.
v Shingle Industry Important
the men were in the jtnuv and th*
women «nd children left it hoiio
vveie etmipe'lcd t<* till th»- soil and
n*4ike a living a** Inst tliev i'oiiI'1
Though often dmost at lln- ih.i.vi «•'
s'.at v a’ioii an I often vyith itiMiifriei
•‘ilt . lolinng foi (hemselx* * Tb****--
t'oble soutbern wmiu-n *>f tban.u*-.
v uinty. like all othei« .d ih«- S.ai*h.
were never too busv t«* spin, wa*av»-
• i <1 knit socks ami make clothing
:or their loved ones in thr arm-
And not al.uie f*»i tne|» |«»\ ,-.l .uio,
for all were reineinUeiml w lieu i
hog was sent to the hov s m tm-
arm.
All the I* si,ie|i;y here Well* mil I
mar> < t riam Iveing -iltaid light ! Ait»i4 lb* war was over the . s.d
i . i; d*v . t n*g:ai o»| to ^l*-.*p ia Idlers returned home and found ev
la ir l*ed- Kv* lie....... ran Hugh bu j ervthing in ruin Not all of them
*h. I>.iud w I- b.okep up .l.n-!; Hum li returned for tuanv a southern bat
w\s died in I!••:(uicofit t.’i- the mill t'efpdd letahiel unong its dead
dr oi l». ’.ui> « .’i«v tct«-d ami *\** ! some, southern soldier from this 1
eu ted tijeie Sim Ashworth in oi-- ! county win. gave Ids life fm what h»
bis es4-a|*e and went to the Indian I believed to he tight Those who
nation and when toe t’hil war hi oho {turned began at mice t.,
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ITS SACRED
t.«o««c SmUm
Ceortrc Scalise enters court in New
York to face trial under the lorygcst
jindictnient ever returned in the
court. The imlictment contains 4!»
counts of irra.id larceny and II of
third decree forgery, charging ho
Mole $(>0,087.27 from budding serv-
ice employees union which he for-
merly served a: president.
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join*-,4 4 « '■•iit.l.-i tt*- art»iv
* later killed at tin* batt*e of
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made the hsttd msthi «*lungAo» iron*-'down, rfcn rs«r «>o rtstnaWtn;. WCt4 UU»i c odd renamed > » u.ml the
CJprwu timber.* ft*r and floutevt down which there were four .-r ttve inn Civil war look* .at4 I p’4.i .« lal.-i
the Sabine liver There was also I ning regularly from early f ill an.il ution of war between the i»«»nli ind
two or three small saw mills on the (late In the spring Those were hip *outh the whole country was thrown
river which cut 5.0oO to li.»»00 feel Ipy^days tor the labeling 4«i«%4 ,.f into a hig-i state of e\<it«-no*Mi
of luml>er per *lay. The saws that people »'••)" the*) they w*-i - m*.-• M«»>t of the «iiixci.s being sourli
The SabineSupply
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Company
Established 1900
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We have complete lines of supplies for
your home.
Mirro aluminium ware, Porcelain table dinner-
ware in several open stock patterns. Also hotel
dinnerware, cut crystal, stem tableware, Univer-
sal electric appliances, Sunbeam Mixmasters
and many other useful items.
I I 4-01*4* t » * 14 " *
to w homes • *11 t lu- t uiiis ( 11«• -
Old farms \vcr<- >ig.*iti ^tilU-.l, o«*vv
(•ties were ele.ued and bu»ilM*ss w •.-*
again startl’d and soon living* began
t•» assume. tli** injroi 11 eotntiiion
tb le as iu*%ihet^h oi i..
coiiterni with much, nint liss ptsipb-
Were taxed to death doling the dark
daVs of the reeonptriicthm pet4b*«l
Storm of |N«;»
No !><>otier had the >*olili»-t *« • *-g»v i i
ed Inane and built their tb» •
♦ 1 th‘*v were visited In the great *?«»» ,i.
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^ ■ <*f September 1,1. is**.-, w hn h svv »*i
♦ ( b a niff off the fat4#- of I be e.vitb Tie-
x I v. ind bejiati to blow i •«• i • i the moili
♦ e *vl as the Mill li»*e in i b* iiiorom
T land even puff sodm I *•> '•<- --1 r.. -1
♦ ' or |*\ t • <• ’ !•••.!. i* w • b.owrig i i
T l gale, and hv Llitv-.* mi tb. .It. i i,.. .n
4 I trees, fence-' Mild ill *;Uati builif’M
begun t" (»I"W :i W a v. T'iluk* * i I
house tops rim'd be -4e*-n living in
the a.ir !**ooh most .of the 1st iter
houses beg in to go in piece' I s .vv |
the roofs ef several houses pan oi
the center and he caught hv the w i .**
which We'ibl roity them blocks i
way.
♦ Tbt* roof of my falina's worstiop
^ i did more ibmii:*’ tli?»n anv <»•.
♦ j Aftei all the other bouse* h<»d Ih*»-u ,
^ , blotvn away and all lhat were hi th** *
♦ I house fun out just In time t*. f
T | caught by tin* t«*«*f <»f ih** u«nkphop
4 I hud just rub out of the house .» 'I
t I whnrt time Ivefoi e and was standing
a ; In front of the Gilmer s s|i*re. which
♦ was just a* loss the sheet from, un
|-4-f?rfW4t.-inMit4«' when__io\ s|st4-t fell
♦ wounded right ai my f»-et I l<e<k.*«l TI
^ { ut> and s:m iov brother being blown !|
♦ ' loR’anl the riv«*r. and c Might him
^ i just in time to keep him fiom b *
♦ ii g blow n into ih*‘ river M. obles
t sister was mortally wounded and
♦ i died on the lath
7 ; (ktptain llenrv Ihvis was woiin.l
f I ed and ieft for dead \fi A t»
Swain was ftlsi* injure#) ami no one
knew where he wars from % <»d-lock 'j
in th*- evening until the next m • n
ll)g When he was fotin*! buried in a
pile of rubbish and bound to Hi.
earth with hi« face in the mud When
MM R KINDS OF l*IN|-
Only toiii kind'* of tin- mivie
of southern pine n. . « -yi,. ,
commercial l;nj» i ta ••■ .* , tl ,
their pa-'i’lfttl M.fj.joX. bi’oiein |
■•I ties ami adapt.ibiitt v *.» .-«
variety of uses The**#, .1 * Ih
!• a f. I • 1. * * 11* • 1 1 [, ,41 'io ]«,b|i 11 \
In sla.ii |. 1 u 4 -
Y011 Worked Hard for Your Property
Don’t Take A Chance {
Of Your Children’s Losing It! V*
Land Titles Extend Over A Period ,
Of Hundreds of Years 1 } {' -,m
BE CAREFUL WITH THEM!; ^ \
Protect Your Family with an Abstract
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Made by Abstractors Who I
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Are Honest, Competent, Experienced! j j
Don’t Take Unnecessary Chances |
Have Your Property Title Examined
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i i flurti Tills pi.....
hardest slot m it)
had ev 4-f i-v | » i. ii#
st• »i in n«u • \• «»pt, i|
Ii Wiis ....... 11 me
* Uldll lulls be# Mile I
ter til. 44 1110*1 .
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Orange County Abstract
Company ;
A. J. Schnitzel, Mgr. ~
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ORANGE HAS:
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The purest arid mos
~<r
purposes in the South
More miles of concrete iha n any
South for its size and population.
t plentiful supply of
other town in the
Bicycle and wheel goods for growing girls
■n and boys .. . - -—
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Toys of all makes and kinds for the little ones
A gift department for the ladies
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Hunting and fahing equipment far the men -
YOUR HARDWARE AND SUPPLY STORE
FOR FORTY YEARS
t found h»* vrn* almost dead, hb
| Wa« badly hmWd and 11 w ;*» ihi« *
|or fimr npmth* Mnrp to* rcrov-*t
j Although he bred for *n rt;il y* «t *
iftftwnnl bh* fb aih w •** finiltv lb*
pej*ti,« of tnjurie* he received »i that
time.
Revolts of th* Storm
} The Ktnrm left ACwreetr ■« lm( on |
the tree* and even the gruM was |
blown out of the pouwt by Tj»*'
root** large Ire*** were e‘,h»-r blown i
down or were twtated <*ff a few4 feet I
above the ground Rverr boat on ]
the river fr«em a ektff r»» n a)eirnUi.it !
war «unk or blown nwav except one *!
the Watet witch. *»wned hr r«pt, Hot. !
Whitting. The steamboat Plrfita. f> [
114*“ wheeb-r. feet in length, wae i
blown Afairwt the bank in from ««f
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bottom #»f the river. .#11 the. iipirnr I
part having been Mown »ww> Info I
the cove. Haw rtryctotb from the i
H. Thomhooa eufre true blown n*ifc»*it ,
and *»ome was found in the tope of j
trees fwt at the bridge on the upper j
Jhsumont road two and a haff mile* j
from town. The water In the river
was stirred up from the very bottom :
tt was black and began to stink «• *
that the fish uH! died.
The <»eiil)tree house, the D. (hi! <
house and one house that stood on
the property that Mr Utwae! now
owns were the houses In town that
t|» storm. My muiher
father and brother *'har1* were
froti. home at the
A greater investment per capita in sewerage and dis-
posal plant facilities than any other town in Texas.
Adequate deep water facilities for all ocean-going ves-
sels.
A greater investment per capita in wharf and dock fa-
cilities than any other port in the South.
Rapidly increasing payroll p
Good homes-good schools-splendid churches .
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A City in which you’d realty live. Come and see us!
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Quigley, J. B. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 209, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940, newspaper, August 30, 1940; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558107/m1/9/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.