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Newspaper
Bronte Weekly Enterprise
Location
Bronte, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1935
Page
2
The Bronte Enterprise announces D. M. West as Editor and Business Manager. The paper is entered as second class matter at Bronte post office in Texas under the 1871 act.
A defendant tells the court he was drunk when he killed his best friend and asks the judge for leniency. The judge notes intoxication but condemns the act, considering the admission of drunkenness in assessing sentence.
The Sterling City News-Record quotes a judge explaining that excuses fail in murder cases but may mitigate punishment. The judge notes the defendant drank despite knowing loss of self-control, and orders hard labor for twenty years to curb his appetite and protect society.
A. C. Williams of the Federal Land Bank of Houston announced a transition from bonds to cash for farm mortgage loans and related credit. He cited a ready bond market as easing the shift, with the bank acting for the Land Bank Commissioner to fund loans on first and second mortgages on farm property.
Federal Farm Loan Act and Emergency Farm Mortgage Act broaden Land Bank Commissioner lending, including refinancing secured and unsecured farmer debt for land purchases. Bonds distribute widely, with about 425000 loans since inception. new loans at 4.5 percent, Land Bank loans at 5 percent. Temporary rate cuts phased by Farm Credit Act of 1935, with resets after 1938. long repayment terms noted.
In Austin on August 9 Dr John W Brown state health officer warns that perishable foods can contaminate and cause intestinal disorders including summer diarrhea and ptomaine poisoning. He urges refrigeration, thorough cooking, cleanliness, and careful handling to prevent food borne illness.
The passage notes need for consumer appeals amid fly absence and adequate screens, plus the value of tangible assets and good health for a sound business. It mentions George Thomas recovering from a minor operation in San Angelo and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fletcher of Cibola with Fletcher’s mother from Santa Anna staying locally.
Mrs. R. R. McCleskey has returned to Bronte to make her home. Her many friends are glad to have her home again. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Ivy, Mr. and Mrs. Cumbia Ivey and their son, and Miss Earl Eubanks are visiting relatives in Los Angeles California. They will be away about two weeks.
Miss Gladys Ash daughter of Mr and Mrs R R Ash underwent an appendicitis operation at a San Angelo hospital this morning. Friends of Miss Gladys and her family extend wishes for a speedy recovery.
Clarene Gilreath, after several weeks in a San Angelo hospital, underwent an appendicitis operation and is expected to return home tonight. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Holder included Misses Anna Jewel and Madalynne Brown, Linder Brown, F. E. Brown of Springfield, Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haines of McPherson, Kansas, and John McManamin of Novice, Texas. Fr E Brown, father of Mrs. Holder, visited as part of a large family gathering that celebrated the birthdays of Mr. Brown and his granddaughter Ida Esther Holder on August 6.
B H McCarley a Winters stock dealer visited town this week with an ad offering to trade 25 brood mares for mules. He notes work stock is returning and advises surplus mule owners to exchange for mares to raise young mules. Read his ad and contact if interested.
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