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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1927
Page
2
The cotton forecast of 13 400 000 bales is expected to aid Texas farmers more than recent diversification propaganda. At 20 cents per pound, the cotton farmer’s dollar outvalues those from wheat corn or cattle, with yield size less critical than price. only a good, fair yield matters.
A 25 year look shows Brazos County vehicle taxable values climbing from 40 000 to many times that level. Owners carry monthly efforts to reduce short mortgages tied to these cars as part of rising tax burdens.
Governor Dan Moody refused to reward cronies by reappointing all elementary school superintendents named by Mrs. Ferguson. He urged fitness for the jobs over political favors.
A Galveston Presbyterian pastor steps down citing limited active involvement by church members. He notes that if all pastors resigned due to only a few doing the work, many churches would lack leadership.
A committee plans to buy benches cheaply for Sue Haswell Memorial Park auditorium. The move is pitched as a frugal way to furnish the tabernacle, framed as a strong example of home missions.
Central Texas business outlook improves this fall after years of agricultural reverses. A strong cotton price is crucial to prevent further financial distress in the region.
The notice invites readers to relax at Sue Hasweil Memorial Park for nerve relief and rest away from city life. It also notes the Menger Hotel in San Antonio to be torn down and mentions presidential visits recorded on its register. It mourns Major General Leonard Wood and comments on the Maurice Drouhin versus Charles Levine case about French promises.
The week was hot and dry with no rainfall. Temperatures rose past all-year highs, peaking at 100 degrees while the low remained around 74. The sequence brought unusually warm conditions throughout the period.
The 1927 crop weighed in at two Bryan warehouses through close of business Saturday. Parker Warehouse reported 110 bales and Farmers Union 109, totaling 219 bales. Eagle Want Ads.
The Galveston County soil varies widely, making a generic crop plan ineffective. Texas A M College and the U S Department of Agriculture will classify soils to guide crop choices and fertilizer needs, aiding buyers and farmers. The citizen petition of 1 428 mainland residents shows broad support. Brazos River Reclamation financing promises flood control and multiple dams to supply irrigation and power, benefiting Cameron and nearby cities.
Mrs. Martha D. Willis and party of 20 including Martha Rivers Allen write Bryan friends about their Europe tour. They landed at Southampton and enjoyed a motor trip through England and Scotland. The last letter came from Rome after a Mediterranean coastal drive. Italy hosts many American tourists, yet accommodations remain remarkable. The congenial group plans to return home in September.
The Central Texas Teachers Institute marks its 16th annual meeting at A and M College September 5 6 and 7. An executive committee vote formed a Lassicate of county teachers including Brass Burleson Grimes Madison and Robertson. Dr H T Musselman editor of the Texas School Journal will give three addresses. Norman Frost of George Peabody College will discuss rural education. G C Cloughy of Tyler oversees the high school section and J Bright of Cleburne heads the primary program. Willie Stephens will direct the daily assembly singing and school music segment.
Waldo Walker presides over the Poultry cultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the poultry situation in Bryan and Brazos County. Members include G L Crawford marketing specialist at A and M College F W Kaameier of Bryan Hatchery and Waldo Walker of College View Poultry Farm. The committee will meet at the pleasure of the Chamber’s agricultural committee.
Davis Williamson and family return from a ten day mountain trip near Fort Davis. He says roads rival the Appian Way and cold nights nearly froze him. He praises West Texas resorts, notes Coleman and Brownwood as appealing, and mentions two Democrat Voice relatives in Coleman.
County agent C L Benson works pecan tasks on Bee creek and will join J Webb Howell Bryan Chamber of Commerce president and Miss Lucy Givens home demonstration agent at the Rye boys and girls club gathering tonight.
Mrs. Lee J. Rountree, editor of the Eagle, has been notified of her reappointment as State Vice President for Texas of the National Editorial Association by C. M. Meredith, president. She previously served last year under Herman Roe and has accepted reappointment this year.
A fatherly address urges boys to avoid drinking warning that early use leads to later immorality and health decline. It cites life-expectancy data from English and American sources, notes insurance studies and legal risks, and stresses moral courage to refuse peer pressure for a long, healthy life.
The Bennett Cotton Club in Williamson County set a graduated picking scale tied to lint price. At 15 cents per pound cotton, pickers earn 75 cents per hundred. at 20 cents, one dollar per hundred, with five times the lint price as the basis.
Waiter J. Higgs arrived in Temple after a business trip and joined his wife and daughter Mrs. N. A. Colson Jr. in the Temple hospital where she underwent a major operation last week. The latest report says she is doing fairly well and is well known to friends in Bryan as Miss Neville Higgs.
Ed Helmer of Anderson and Robert Tilley, carpenters, were injured when a scaffold fell 15 to 20 feet at the Thomas home in Anderson. Helmer suffered a fractured rib and bruises while Tilley endured considerable bruising. Dr. W W Greenwood treated them at the county seat.
Cren Shaw, aged 69, dies at home Wednesday in Union Hill. Turn out details indicate a local obituary notice for Wilborn Turner.
Wilburn Turner Crenshaw died at his Union Hill home on Wednesday August 3 at 6 p m after lingering illness. Born in South Carolina May 27 1858 he came to Texas at age seven and settled in Brazos county. Funeral Thursday at 3 p m at the family home with burial in Bryan cemetery. Survived by widow seven sons and one daughter Dolly Winnie Crenshaw and five other sons reside in Bryan Waller and Bryan county.
John H Royder a Brazos pioneer died at his Wellborn home on Monday August 8 1927 at age 73 years 5 months and while survived by one son four sisters three half brothers and many friends. Funeral was held at his Wellborn residence with Rev Roy Holloman at Wellborn cemetery under the care of McCulloch Dansby Funeral Directors Bryan.
News from Bryan reports the death of Mrs. Lee Josey aged 44 at her Hearne home after months of illness. Surviving husband Lee Josey and children Myrtle Solomon Goose Creek Norman Boswell Arch Houston Pauline Mittie Marie and J T Josey. Funeral services set for Hearne at 10 30 am tomorrow.
Notice states the office on the first floor of the Masonic Building next to Geo. Adams Insurance Agency offers to buy cotton. W. B. Saunders signs the notice.
A 1927 birthday barbecue at Ferguson Springs on the Navasota River honored W P Trant of Bryan. Nearly 100 attendees, with his children and friends from Grimes and Brazos Counties, shared food, songs, and reminiscences. Notables included Judge W C Davis and Judge J G McDonald.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Pearce and daughter Thelma from Oklahoma visit Mrs Susie Ferguson and siblings Walter and Richard Davis and aunts Mrs Jane Collard and Mrs B A Caywood. They are hosted at daily dinners with a reunion planned through Wednesday and Thursday service dinners.
Edward B. McSwain of Port Arthur has been visiting his father A. B. McSwain of Rock Prairie and relatives in Bryan and Brazos county over the past week. He will join American Legion men traveling to France to review World War battlefields, sailing from New York on September 2 and visiting France before returning to America.
Albine Sebesta a 17 year old Bryan Hospital patient today after a diving accident from a tree overhanging the Navasota River. He headfirst struck water breaking his neck and remains entirely paralyzed with little hope of recovery. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Tom Sebesta living three miles east of College Station.
John Scasta and his son Ralph, once Brazos county residents now living in Kaufman, visited today on their way to Wheelock where Mr. Scasta still owns a farm. He reads Theoy Seops in touch and is being cordially welcomed by friends as he follows Brazos county affairs.
Mrs Mabel Castles joins a tourist party for a six week vacation in Juneau Nome and other inviting Alaska cities. The party will travel partly by rail and partly by boat as Alaska is noted as a premier summer resort drawing visitors from around the world.
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