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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
2
Brazos County Singing Convention gathers at Edge on July 6 and 7 1907 with calls for strong county and city choir delegations. The annual address on Music will be delivered by A W Buchanan. I M Cook president urges broad participation and books for all singers.
Sealed bids for 1800 cords of merchantable wood and beef and pork supplies for the 1907 1908 session are invited by the A and M College board. Wood delivery deadlines, grass and corn fed beef specs, payment and performance bonds, and a $300 bid deposit are required. President Harrington reserves the right to reject all bids.
Reports from promoter John H. Baker and Senator Betts to President Teague and Attorney Pennington say all bonds needed to complete the Brazos Valley, Brenham and Gulf railroad to Waco have been sold. The Brenham subscriptions are included, paving the way for work to begin barring any shipping delays. Brenham would gain the line once contracts are signed.
The L. S. Ross Chapter U D C will celebrate the birthday anniversary of Jefferson Davis at Mrs. W S Wilson's residence on June 3 at 4 p m A program will be provided and a business meeting held It is the last meeting of the season and all members are urged to attend Part of the gross sales proceeds will go to the Ladies Aid Societies E J Fountain 149
Assistant Attorney General Pollard defends the Baskin McGregor liquor bill ruling that would close Texas saloons for twenty days and disputes Speaker Love’s interview. He accuses Love of misreading the liquor law and says the legislature bears responsibility for licensing delays.
A. J. Baskin, coauthor of the liquor bill, disputes a recent attorney general ruling on license revocation. He cites a later supreme court view that such laws can be prospective and not harm licenses already in force. The original bill’s repeal clause was removed, implying no hardship on current licensees, and he notes the general local option law allows partial license-fee refunds when revoked.
Water in Buffalo and White Oak bayous receded Thursday night allowing the street car company to run about six cars by 10 o'clock Friday using the light company's current.
Dalkar May 31 reports the next biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will be held at Fort Worth.
The Bryan Chautauqua Assembly opened amid rain with Rev J J Tatum introducing Chas F Stalker the eminent cartoonist and lecturer. Miss Hattie Searcy played piano before Stalkers program and he announced a varied week of sketches landscapes marine scenes and caricatures plus lectures. Regular features include Lliff Kellum the Howard Payne Quartette and the Butler the Baker and the Gardener musical comedy with daily tickets at Cavitt's Drugstore.
Mr. Milton Henry, about thirty, formerly of Red Hill, died in a railroad accident near San Francisco. He served three years in the U S Army and worked for a San Francisco street railway. Telegrams delivering the news were sent to T P Boyett, with the family receiving condolences in their county.
In Yoakum Texas on May 31 authorities report Hattie Kinney, a teacher at the Negro school, says she was assaulted and raped at her home. John Brown, a Black man, was arrested and remanded to jail without bail after examination. Two men drowned near El Campo while crossing Blue Creek after heavy rains. M Tucker and George Guillet died attempting a rescue.
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