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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
1
The Eagle reports Gainesville citizens donated 1000 dollars to Bryan’s Little Theatre movement. Bryan, Texas, led small towns by underwriting the project, and plans a larger program for the coming season. The piece praises local artists found in Bryan and urges broad civic support.
Governor Miriam A Ferguson tightens fight for Texas governorship claiming Moody refused to resign and accepted campaign funds from legislators. She calls Moody’s large first primary tally a Klan victory and says he forfeited a run off by taking those contributions. Ferguson vows to stay at work.
Reports from Florida describe three deaths after clashes along the coast. Two people were confirmed killed and a third is missing following the encounters.
In Florida over five days three bootleggers and several robbers battled Coast Guardsmen and federal agents. Three bootleggers were killed last week, two robbers were dead, one man is missing, and two sailors were seriously hurt in the encounters.
C A Cobb editor of the Southern Ruralist from Atlanta and H H Williamson extend a state tour from College Station visiting Galveston Harris counties Rio Grande Valley Kingsville Corpus Christi Sorora Ranch El Paso and Houston Dallas San Antonio and other cities to study perishable crops cotton alfalfa and distribution within the cotton belt and to continue a three year agricultural study program begun by Cobb.
Rev Roy S Hollomon and his wife and baby daughter came back from Lake Victor Texas Monday afternoon after a ten day revival with the Baptist church there He reports a good meeting All College Avenue Church members are asked to meet him at prayer meeting tonight.
Professor J H Stallings of Texas A and M College resigns after six years to become head of the division of agronomy at Clemson College in South Carolina.
S. E. Asbury assistant state chemist at Texas A and M Experiment Station is visiting his ill mother at her Morgantown North Carolina home.
Cotton futures closed 40 to 45 points down amid softer prices. Local receipts were quoted at 15 to 15 1 2 cents.
Dr T C Walton president of the A and M College of Texas will travel to Houston on official business and on returning will visit Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College for negroes for an official inspection.
Reserve officers at Fort Sam Houston form a committee to plan a 10th anniversary reunion for the 1917 Leon Springs training camp attendees. Maj. John K. Weber Col. Ike S. Ashburn and Maj. S. M. Eckrahl will organize events for officers from Texas University and Texas AandM at the Thanksgiving Day 1927 Texas A&M game in Austin.
One hundred residents of Wheelock spent August 5 cleaning the local cemetery and will meet August 12 to finish the task and form a permanent association to oversee it. Mrs Henry Mitchell was chosen president of the prospective organization.
Houston native John T. Browne, 81, former mayor, reflects on aging with optimism and vitality. He recalls Houston's growth from a small town to a city of over 200000, his 1847 immigration from Ireland, and carriers of early gas lights. He also notes time with the railroad as an express agent and a fast train incident. His health advice focuses on exercise and careful dieting.
Ben Southall of Del Rio was found Monday night near Eagle Pass after seven days lost in the woods. He was weakened and exhausted from exposure and hardship but no clear cause of his wandering could be learned. Posses including Sheriff Hausser and Southall’s father located him.
The Bryan Parent-Teacher Association and county public health board held a free clinic this morning in the Public Health Nurse’s office. Thirteen children were examined with many more requesting blanks for their physicians, totaling over 25 aided by the summer round-up. Doctors Searcy, Cline and Jones conducted the checks. a second examination is planned about 30 days after the school starts.
The turbulent English Channel again turned back two persons attempting to swim it. Mme Jane Lion, a French woman, and Omer Perrault, a Canadian, started last night and gave up at 4 oclock this morning near Cape Gris Nez, France.
Ballot counting shows Chancery Judge John Artineau leading Governor Terral in Arkansas Democratic governor race. Nebraska Republicans nominate Governor Adam McMullen to seek another term. Ohio Governor Vic Donaghe faces weak opposition in a landslide Democratic race. Senator Pemrene leads Florence Allen for U.S. Senate.
Henry Prairie Baptist Church ended a two week revival last Sunday with 41 additions, 23 by baptism at Ector Crossing Cedar Creek. Rev Alpha Shelton preached with Rev Lem Crouch assisting, prayer meetings under trees drew many, and the church shifted to half time with services on the second and fourth Sundays.
Slaton hosts Texas Bachelors as it plans a statewide meeting on August 17. The club urges bachelor members to boost happiness and stop weddings, with life membership and a $100 resignation penalty. Applications by mail welcome. aim is 10 000 members within two months.
Two Aggie coaches will teach at the Lone Star Summer School of Physical Education and Athletic Training in Hunt for two weeks starting August 20. Head Coach D. X. Bible leads football and basketball instruction covering gameplay phases. Track Coach Frank Anderson offers events practice plus lectures on meet management officials duties and athletic administration.
Three robbers held up a bank in Woodmere New York and escaped with 16000 dollars in cash in an automobile. Brower was the bank official targeted in the incident.
Charles L. Bradfield of Rusk county endorsed James V. Allred of Wichita Falls in the runoff for Texas attorney general, choosing to support Allred against Claude Pollard, who led the first primary ticket.
The Teachers' Training School at First Baptist church reports strong enrollment and productive sessions from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Superintendent Chas W Crawford leads the class studying Arthur Flake's Building a Standard Sunday School, with Mrs J Webb Howell teaching the Sunday School Manual to a large mixed class. Mrs Sam M Hunter conducts Talks With the Training Class by Slattery, with Friday devoted to examinations for certificates and seals.
A wind and sand storm swept through this afternoon about 2:80 generating a light shower. Dust blanketed streets before a brief rain shower settled the dust as a rain gauge at Eagle Printing Co. logged .05 inch at 3:00. The rainfall is seen as beneficial for crops and relief from heat.
In Scurry county near Sweetwater two farmers aged 65 and 70, W Reed and J D Ware, were killed in a duel after a long feud. Ware reportedly fired first. both men left behind large families as the quarrel ended with rifles rather than fists.
A man calling himself P. Pr. Brown, arrested in Needles, California, confessed to strangling at least five women in the state. Sheriff Walter Shay planned to bring him to San Bernardino for questioning as authorities seek corroboration to possibly solve several linked cases along the coast. Brown claimed escape from Patton State Asylum and said he had prior prison terms in Colorado and Idaho.
A chicken fry was held Tuesday evening at six o'clock at Blue Hole on the Brazos River as a summer school affair for the Christian Endeavor Society of the Free Baptist Church. Forty three members and visitors attended.
College Station reports Dr. F A Buechel longtime head of the agricultural administration department at A and M College of Texas resigns to take a post in the Bureau of Economics U S Department of Agriculture in Washington. His departure becomes effective September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Haynes of San Antonio return home after staying with Mr. and Mrs. George Smith in Bryan. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Haynes are sisters. Mr. Haynes attended the Short Course at A and M College this year as a representative of the Mistletoe Creamery Company of San Antonio.
Mr and Mrs C L Benson and children and Mrs Mary Ewing with Mrs Hattie Welch left this afternoon for Caldwell to attend the funeral of Mrs W S Lackey who died Tuesday morning. Services are to be held at 4:30 this afternoon with burial in Caldwell cemetery. The Lackeys were longtime Burleson county settlers and her husband Rev W S Lackey served as Providence Church pastor for over 25 years.
Maurice Sullivan of Houston is commissioned to design a new Saint Anthony's Catholic Church in Bryan to replace the church destroyed by fire. The brick concrete and tile northern Italian style building will rise on the former Capt G W Smith property. The two story house has been moved to the north line to make way for construction.
Bryan Chapter No 222 schedules a birthday celebration for Robert Morris founder of the Order of the Eastern Star on Tuesday August 31. An evening picnic supper will be held at Midway Tourist Park College Highway with all Eastern Stars and families invited. Members should bring a basket for the meal and a program of entertainment has been arranged.
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