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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
5
Local residents and visitors pass through the city today with reported trips to Lancun Dara Waco Independence Navota and Rockdale. Snippets note shopping and social calls, plus a vendor ad for cakes and park entry.
A fragment reports G. M. Holland in the city from the countryside stating that crops in the area look much better. The piece mentions a halt in activity and a lack of rain or hall in action.
A Brazor County farmers union meeting in the city yesterday presided by Secretary Z. P. Man reviewed business at the union warehouse. A 20 percent dividend was declared, stock divided among about 200 farmers, and H. L. Buchanan and W. I. McCulloch were elected directors. W. C. Youry James T. Johnson and J. Hering represented the Cotton Corporation and discussed marketing cotton through the firm. A follow up meeting with Kurten local was scheduled for May 16.
The court today upheld the injunction preventing the removal of the International and Great Northern Railroad shop from Palestine to Sherman. The ruling centers on the obligation of predecessors Nash and Andrews in the case. In other local news, Miss Andrews wed Dr. MLK Weaver at the parsonage, the bride a daughter of Mrs. William Andrews, born and raised in Elrep Hollow.
The groom, a Bryan resident and building contractor, has built a local reputation for integrity and many friendships. After a brief wedding trip to Houston and Galveston, a campaign to support a worthy cause was organized in Brazos County. The notice notes the marriage license for A Nash and Soa Mae Andrews.
Thotiae W. Barly of Washington DC announced a campaign to raise funds for a Knapp Memorial Agricultural School. The campus will be built as a monument to Dr Beamon A Knapp and financed by free will offerings from the community. The aim is 14 000, with half already raised, to improve rural labor and education in the South.
Local notes from Union Hill reflect a bustling community with better crops and active farms. Sunday weather favored fieldwork as farmers reported crops in good condition and gardens thriving. residents describe a lively suburban scene with ongoing improvements.
A fragment from a 1910s paper describes a Ladies Aid Society entertainment with remarks on the opening address by Johnny Rameey and song performances by Lettie Bates and others. It mentions a box supper raising about $30 for religious exercises, Mothers Day services planned for May 11, and a large Sunday school rally with over two hundred attendees led by Nathan Carson.
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