1928 HIGGINBOTHAM PEARLSTONE HARDWARE CO. STOCK CERTIFICATE DALLAS TEXAS

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1928 HIGGINBOTHAM PEARLSTONE HARDWARE STOCK CERTIFICATE DALLAS TEXAS. #76 ISSUED TO J M HIGGINBOTHAM, THE HIGG PEARL BUILDING IS STILL IN THE WEST END IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS. THE HIGGINBOTHAMS AND PEARLSTONES WERE PROMINENT FAMILES IN DALLAS FROM THE LATE 1800S ON.
75 SHARES, 0 PER SHARE
ISSUED TO J M HIGGINBOTHAM
TAPED BACK, MANY YEARS AGO, INTO THE HIGG PEARL STOCK BOOK
CAPITAL STOCK: 0,000
SIGNED BY HYMAN PEARLSTONE, PRESIDENT. I UNDERSTAND A PROMINENT JEWISH CITIZEN IN EARLY DALLAS HISTORY.
AQUIRED BY HARDWARE DISTRIBUTORS WAREHOUSE (HDW) IN THE 1980S
AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE TO HYMAN PEARLSTONE BELOW"
My grandfather, Hyman Pearlstone, was a Texan through and through.  Born in Buffalo, Texas. in 1878, he was a successful businessman; he owned a wholesale grocery company and served on numerous corporate boards. He loved business, but he loved baseball even more.  He was one of the early subscribers to The Sporting News.
Hyman coached a local baseball team, the Palestine (Texas) Elks, but at that time had no idea what lay ahead of him in the professional baseball world.  In 1905, he traveled to New Orleans on business and was staying at the Roosevelt Hotel. The Philadelphia Athletics were also staying at the hotel and one of the players noticed that Hyman was wearing an Elks pin. He offered to introduce him to another player, also an Elk, who turned out to be Doc Powers, catcher for the team.  My grandfather invited Doc to attend the theater with him that evening.  Upon learning of my grandfather?s obsession with baseball, Doc Powers told him that the A?s next spring training would be in Marlin, Texas, just down the road from Palestine, and invited my grandfather to come watch the team.
At the hotel in Marlin, my grandfather, a true ?baseball nut,? introduced himself to Connie Mack. A deep, personal and longtime friendship began at that meeting. Following spring training, Hyman received a large box from Connie Mack.  The contents were a baseball uniform, shoes, a hat and a glove.  Better than the uniform was a note from Mr. Mack inviting Hyman to spend his summer vacations traveling with the team.
Hyman Pearlstone in Philadelphia Athletics Uniform in the 1920?s
Beginning in 1906, my grandfather spent one month with the team for 45 years.  He was considered a good luck charm for the A?s and had a special seat to Mr. Mack?s left in the dugout. Hyman warmed up the pitchers in the morning before a game.  In 1909, the New York World Telegram published a long story calling him ?America?s No. 1 Baseball Fan.?  Thirty years later, the Sporting News carried a feature about his unique position.
Hyman served as a scout for the team as well.  In the 1920?s, my father stopped by his father in law?s wholesale hardware in Dallas. (Hyman had moved his family from Palestine to Dallas in 1920).  Dad noticed a curious transaction taking place: my grandfather handed a check to a policeman.  When the policeman left, Dad asked my grandfather what that was all about.  ?Well,? said Hyman, ?that policeman is Pinky Higgins? father. I just signed Pinky to a Philadelphia Athletics contract for 00, but you can?t say anything about it because he is still playing college ball at the University of Texas.?
Hyman also discovered one of Connie Mack?s pitching stars, Dave Danforth, a farm boy from Granger, TX who had pitched for the Baylor Bears. Danforth was an instant hit and Mr. Mack gave Hyman credit for the discovery in an article in the Saturday Evening Post in 1912.  After a particularly rough outing against the Chicago White Sox, Danforth came into the game and the Athletics won in the 11th inning. ?Hyman,? said Mr. Mack, ?you?ve found a star.?
Another story related by my father was from the time he was invited to make the summer baseball trip with my grandfather. One night they were having dinner at the Chase Hotel in St. Louis.  Ty Cobb was sitting at their table.  Hyman suggested they go out on the veranda after dinner for a little chat.  ?OK,? said Cobb, ?if we won?t talk baseball.  I want to talk business.?  Hyman was business adviser to many of the ballplayers he came to know and later to their widows.
My grandmother and grandfather were guests of the Macks at every World Series, and this tradition continued even after Mack sold the team.
Upon my grandfathers death in 1966, his baseball memorabilia was sent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.   Hyman Pearlstone is the only known ?civilian? to ever have traveled with a pro baseball team.  His baseball legacy has lived on through his two daughters, a son and their children, some of whom might also be called ?baseball nuts.?
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