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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to legal matters including charges, proceedings, and outcomes. Names and places are unreadable, but the text shows references to hearings, minutes, and possible rulings amid a tense, unsettled docket.
The Bryan Commercial Club chose its slate of directors for the coming year at a 16 member meeting held at Carnegie Hall. Secretary McKnight read the annual report while Judge Doremus, as toastmaster, and guest speakers urged growth plans and charter reforms.
Receivers were appointed today for the J B Greenhut Company a New York department store with capital stock of 6 million dollars. Liabilities are listed slightly over 3 million with assets near 7 million and later total outstanding securities reached 12 million. Proceedings described as friendly.
The Department of Agriculture reports 15 000 bales of cotton ginned in March in Texas. The AP dispatch from Austin notes the March figure, reflecting activity in the cotton industry for the month.
President W. B. Bizzell outlined qualities of good officers and presented commissions to the cadet regiment. Recipients include E. N. Hogue Paris colonel W. C. Denton Whitewright lieutenant colonel R. R. Allen Palestine J. R. Jarvis Brandon F. W. Cawthon Denison and Bryan area officers C. S. Wilson captain A. W. Kinnard first lieutenant G. W. Adriance and H. H. Gammill second lieutenants.
The article discusses sowing Sudan grass between April 10 and 20 to boost hay quality, using 15 to 20 pounds per acre in wide rows for better yields. It cites Texas experiments showing thick seeding prevents stalks from becoming rank, improving forage value.
Prof Kazmeier urges limiting hard boiled eggs for chicks and favors dried bread crumbs soaked in sour milk as a first feed, with rolled oats and bone meal later. Correct sow feeding after farrowing starts with water, light food, then gradual ration to eight pounds by days 14–20. Dr Harkey reports Texas farmers push for standardized quality products with uniform branding.
In a Public Health Service report on tuberculosis migration in interstate traffic, Asheville North Carolina is cited for cleaning and disinfecting Pullman cars day coaches mail and baggage cars. Formaldehyde and hot soap water are used to sanitize surfaces while thorough dust removal from carpets seats and interiors is emphasized.
T. J. Closs reports Edge farmers struggle with birds pulling corn and some replanting. Diversification drives include cotton planting, though less than in past years. Closs recently delivered 250 head of cattle at good prices.
The Texas Engineering Experiment Station at A and M College issued its first bulletin on earth roads compiled by Prof. R L Morrison. It covers location grades alignment foundation drainage and maintenance and notes the station’s ongoing research work under Director D W Spence who also serves as dean.
Vance Reedy, serving a 21 year sentence for murder, declines a pardon offered by Governor Hays on the condition of staying out of Little Rock. He states he is not fit to be free if not fit to live in the capital. Reedy killed a Chinese restaurant proprietor after being charged for a bowl of soup. Witnesses testified he reportedly said a Chinaman would go to hell for him.
Wiley O. Cox, Kansas City banker and former Kansas City State Bank president, died Wednesday in Chicago. He led voluntary liquidation of the bank in 1906 and used his funds to protect depositors. He later refused to keep government lands proceeds, ensuring all deposits were paid in full. Born in Mississippi in 1848, he moved to Missouri in 1868 and owned the Kansas City Times from 1896 to 1899 while active in Democratic politics.
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