City Council Approves Secretarial Bond and Water Plant Plans
Mayors presiding official notes presence of all officers except two aldermen. Bond for city secretary Frank Clarke approved with Jas Q Chance and J A Myers as sureties. Finance committee instructed to invest sinking funds in lawful securities with above two percent interest. Water and light improvements require expert study and plans with a $4,000 cap and two week start. Adone represented the company. Light franchise decision deferred pending plant upgrades. two efficient Bryan plants not possible. Acetylene gas franchise review extended for C M Camp. Equalization board reappointed to oversee prior work if needed.
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Butler
Batts and Covey
Frank Clarke
Jas. QO. Chance
J. A. Myers
Adone
Grupe
Harral
Bryan
C. M. Camp
Messrs. J. S. Mooring
A. D. McConnico
M. G. Nall
Presbyterians Gather In Greenville for Southern Assembly
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States meets in Greenville South Carolina with 210 commissioners representing all eighty five presbyteries. Rev Allen G Hall of Nashville elected moderator after four roll call votes. Rev J T Plunkett gave the annual sermon. A telegram of greeting arrived from the Southern Methodists.
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Greenville
S. C
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Southern Presbyterian Church
J. T. Plunkett
Augusta
Allen G. Hall
Nashville
Joe John
Austin
Tex
T. H. Rice
Atlanta
General Conference of Southern Methodists
Cumberlands at Decatur Union Question in Session
The Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly opened in Decatur Illinois with Rev J M Hubbert presiding in moderator's absence. Ex moder ators Templeton Grider Bushnell Black attended. union advocates led proceedings and lawyers discussed forthcoming court actions while Rev Landrith of Nashville was elected moderator.
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Decatur, Lll
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
J. M. Hubbert
Marshall
M. Templeton
Clarksville
Tex
J. 8. Grider
Kentucky
Bushnell
Illinois
Black
Missouri
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Committee On Union
Union
Landrith
Nashville, Tenn
Presbyterians Elect Hunter Corbett Moderator
In Des Moines Iowa on May 18 the Eleventh Session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America opened with 750 commissioners and alternates filling the auditorium. The retiring moderator Dr James D Moffatt gave the annual address and Rev Dr Hunter Corbett, longtime China missionary, was chosen moderator after a spirited contest.
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General Assembly of Presbyterians
Des Moines
James D. Moffatt
Genear Assembly of the
Presbyterians In
America
Hunter Corbett
China
Bailey President of Interstate Cottonseed Crushers
The Interstate Cottonseed Crushers' Association elected F. H. Bailey of Texas as president L. F. Ransom of Atlanta Gay as vice president and Robert Gibson of Dallas Texas as secretary and treasurer who was re elected The group adjourned to meet next May likely at the Jamestown exposition.
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Atlanta
Interstate Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
F. H. Bailey
Texas
L. F. Ransom
Robert Gibson
Dallas
Tex
Storm cellar collapse injures family in San Angelo
In San Angelo Texas on May 18 Robert Fields his five year old daughter and seven year old son were buried when a dirt roof collapsed into a storm cellar. Fields is badly bruised and the daughter, buried fifteen minutes, is not expected to recover. The boy escaped with minor injuries.
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San Angelo
Tex
Robert Fields
Fields
Teachers Election: Board Reelects White and Colored Teachers
The school board met last night and re elected teachers including Misses Weddington Stoddard Fletcher Beard Dearing Burtis Watkins Suber Thomas and Mrs Estill. Music teachers McLelland Berryman Wilson. Colored teachers P Landry M V Burgess and all women teachers. Election of all male teachers of white schools and one colored school postponed until next Friday night.
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Misses Weddington
Stoddard
Fletcher
Beard
Dearing
Burtis
Watkins
Suber
Thomas
Estill
Misses McLelland
Berryman
Bryan boys win baseball game 14 to 8 at Caldwell
D. D. Dawson Jr. phoned the Eagle to report that the Bryan team defeated Caldwell 14 to 8 yesterday in a baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Dawson Jr
Eagle
Caldwell
Bryan Boys
Miner John Morgan Assaults and Kills Hazel McKitt
In Joplin Missouri on May 18 Hazel McKitt aged fourteen was assaulted and murdered near the town by miner John Morgan who then shot himself dead.
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Joplin
Hazel McKitt
John Morgan
Mob Hangs Suspect in Inverness Jailafter Murder Charge
A mob entered the Inverness jail, took Frank Jordan from custody after he was charged with murdering a peddler named Sweeney, and hanged him. The incident occurred in Tampa on May 18.
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Tampa
Fla
Inverness
Frank Jordan
Sweeney
Castro to resume presidency and grant amnesty
The Associated Press reports from a source aligned with the Venezuelan government that President Castro will take back control on May 23 and issue a general amnesty for political prisoners on that same day.
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New York
Associated Press
Castro
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L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Ass’t
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Southern Assembly
Cumberland
Decatur
North
Cumberlands
Tling
Interstate Cottonseed
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Geo. A. Adams
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E. J. Jenkins
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