Petition drive seeks county bond issue for roads
More than 100 petitions circulated across Bryan and Brazos County urge a special election on authorizing bonds up to 1 100 000 for road improvements. Petitions were filed with the county commissioners as supporters organize precinct committees to explain the program and build sentiment. A 1000 mile dairy industry tour by local leaders showcased county dairy interests and will be followed by a Bohemian Hall meeting at A and M College to report impressions and discuss roads and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commisioners Court
Rates County
Bryan and Brazos County
Bryan
John M. Lawrence
C. L. Bensén
Brazos County
Beasson
Bohemian Hall
M. College
George A. Adams
Travis B. Bryan
H. O. Ferguson
F. L. Henderson
W. S. Higgs
J. Webb Howell
J. Bryan Miller
Oak McKenzie
M. F. Vitopil
A. M. Waldrop
H. H. Williamson
Moody Veto Sparks Budget Dispute In Texas Legislature
Representative Leonard Tilotson of Sealy criticizes Governor Moody for vetoes on several appropriations. He says the legislature cannot exceed revenue limits and that final totals were within law and public interest. Tilotson notes concern over cuts to eleemosynary institutions and agricultural protections, including the pink bollworm item.
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Austin
Leonard Tilotson
Sealy
Moody
Tillotson
West
Texas
Visitors Praise Bryan Library Tourists Laud Welcoming Library
Mrs. D. W. Bailey of Dallas and her family praised Bryan Library as the best and most inviting stop on their Texas travels. She noted the friendly atmosphere and the librarian's courtesy, mentioning eleven years of visiting Bryan and five years of using the library during summer trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Texas
D. W. Bailey
Dallas
Allene
Bailey
Handcuffs Lost When Man Is Hooked to Car
In Wallisville, a prisoner escaped from a crowded Mt. Belvieu area jail after Justice of the Peace Gourley handcuffed him to the steering wheel of his car. While he was in his office, the man vanished with the steering wheel and a $10 pair of handcuffs, using pliers to free himself from the unbound hand.
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Wallisville
Mt. Belvieu
Barbers Hill
Chambers County
Justice of the Peace
Gourley
Brazos County Couples File Intent To Wed
Filing of intention to marry and applications for marriage licenses were received at the County Clerk’s office from Joe Altimore and Josephine Accurso, and from Henry Burrell and Anita Desharwn. All parties are from Brazos County.
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Jess B. McGee
Joe Altimore
Josephine Accurso
Henry Burrell
Anita Desharwn
Brazos County
Last Survivor of Texas Treasury Vigilantes Dies
Joseph Carl Petmecky, 38, last of a vigilante group that repelled a 1863 raid on the Texas treasury in a temporary capitol building. He settled in Austin as a German immigrant and died at his home after prominence in Civil War era raids. The raid yielded $17,000 in silver looted, while nearly $500,000 remained.
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Austin
Joseph Carl Petmecky
An &T
Germany
Petmecky
Treasury Building
Sunbeam Train To Stop At A M College After August 18
The Sunbeam non stop train on the Southern Pacific Lines from Houston to Dallas will stop at College Station Wawasota Mexia and Corsicana after Sunday August 18. Division superintendent B S Holloman cites distance constraints and a end with College and Bryan authorities as justification for adding College Station to the route. The change brings relief to Bryan and College Station citizens hampered by the previous schedule.
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Sunbeam
Southern Pacific
Bryan
College Station
Houston
Dallas
Wawasota
Mexia
Corsicana
B. S. Halloman
College
Hollomon
Mexican Converts Baptized After Weeklong Revival
On Sunday afternoon at Jones Bridge over the Brazos River Rev. R. E. Day of the First Baptist Church in Bryan officiated a baptism closing a revival by Mexican Christian workers. Sixteen were baptized including three women, three girls, and ten Mexican men.
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R. KE
First Baptist Church of
Cotton Bales Handled At Local Warehouses This Season
Reports from Eden gin and the compress show 658 full bales brought in this season. The Lawrence warehouse reports 78 bales and the Farmers Union warehouse 329, with 2% bales from the compress, plus 16 round bales at the Eden gin.
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Eden Gin
Brys
Lawrence
Farmers Union Wa
Brazos County Sets Tax Rate and Plans Road Bonds
Brazos county commissioners fixed the property tax rate at 70 cents for the year and recessed until August 24 to hear a petition for a county wide road bond election. The next meeting will open bids for one or more 10 ton tractors and 12 foot graders to speed road construction this summer. Judge A S McSwain said new equipment will allow progress beyond mere road maintenance and enable broader improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
County Commissioners Court
A. S. McSwain
Former Bryan Boy to Spend Year in Europe Voyage for Chemical Engineering Study
Wesley Nagle of El Paso son of Mr and Mrs M Nagle will spend the weekend with his uncle A M Waldrop and Mrs Waldrop before sailing to Leipzig Germany. He is a Stanford graduate en route for a one year course in chemical engineering at the University of Leipzig. Nagle is nephew of the late Prof J C Nagle longtime head of Civil Engineering at A and M College. Allister Waldrop of Houston will join for the weekend visit with his parents.
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Wesley Nagle
el Paso
M. Nagle
A. M. Waldrop
A. and
M. College
Civil Engineering
Attorney Neeley Seriously III At Marlin Hospital
Friends of County Attorney W. E. Neeley report he is seriously ill at a Marlin hospital after a sinus operation. His wife accompanied him, and several Bryan friends traveled to Marlin to visit. Ruth and Bonnie Mary Neeley recently had tonsillectomies and are staying with their mother while the father recovers.
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W. E. Neeley
Marlin
Mr. Neeley
Ruth
Bonnie Mary Neeley
Bonnie Mary
Guy Harris
Madisonville Good Will Tour Planned
Madisonville announces a fall good will tour starting September 16. The Madisonville Chamber of Commerce will visit fifteen towns and communities with 32 banners representing local business houses to mark the event.
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Madisonville
Texas visitor praises the state and Houston growth
J G Hood of Birmingham Alabama praised Texas calling it an empire within itself while visiting Bryan to see his cousin Mrs R R Elis He said Texas is more attractive than California and predicted Houston will soon become the largest city in the South He also noted the National Democratic convention boosted Houston’s visibility and that he is in Texas seeking to recover from war injuries and possibly locate here.
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Texas
J. G. Hood
Birmingham
Ala
Bryan
R. R.elis
Hood
California
Houston
Mr. Hood
Jessie Jones
Ad Valorem Tax Rate Boosted to 30 from 22 Cents
The automatic tax board set ad valorem to 30 cents per $100 and kept Confederate pension at 7 cents while failing to fix school levy. The 22 cent rate last year would rise to 72 cents if school levy remains 35. Governor Moody blamed the legislature for the hike and defended his vetoes.
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Austin
Automatic Tax Board
J Board
Moody
Board of Education
Iane Y. McCallum
W. Gregory Hatcher
S. H. Terrell
Miss Vivian Conlee to receive BA from Texas State University
Miss Vivian Ozelle Conlee granddaughter of Mr and Mrs John D Conlee will receive her BA degree from the Texas State University at Austin with the summer class of 1929. Commencement exercises are set for Wednesday August 26. She graduates before her 20th birthday, noted for her unusual scholarship record.
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Vivian Ozelle Conlee
John D. Conlee
Texas State University
Ausin
Conlee
Veto Hits Texas A and M Budget and Enrollment
The A and M College of Texas board met in special session to review vetoes cutting salaries and departmental maintenance. Net contingents shrink by 5 465 for the biennium while enrollment climbs, risking efficiency and county extension work statewide.
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Eagle
College Station
A. and M. College of Texas
Capper-Reichner
Board seeks early conference with governor over vetoed college budgets
The board plans to meet the governor at the earliest cable time to discuss the vetoed budgets across all college divisions including Prairie View and John Tarleton. Although the governor has shown friendship and support, the board seeks relief to restore programs and avoid crippling cuts while preserving the college’s high standards in agriculture engineering extension and research. Mr Law will arrange a meeting with the governor as soon as he is available.
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Prairie View
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Stephenville
Law
Mitchell to Succeed Wright at A M College
J E Mitchell, member of the 1929 A and M class, chosen as successor to the late Sgt Julian R Wright as assistant commandant for the coming year. He will arrive from Fort Worth to assume duties on September 1 and bring cadet leadership and office experience to the post.
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J.E. Mitchell
Julian R. Wright
Mitchell
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Student Welfare Council
Wood and Stone Fort Crogan To Be Restored At Burnet
Formation of the Robert E. Lee highway association in Austin prompts plans to restore Fort Crogan at Burnet where General Lee was cared for as a lieutenant before the war. J H Faubion of Leander seeks pioneer memoirs to learn more of Lee in Texas and his troops protecting settlers from Indians. A giant live oak at Jolleyville is identified as a Lee camping spot from his early career.
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Austin
Robert E. Lee Highway Association
Fort Crogan
Burnet
Lee
Southwest
J. H. Faubion
Leander
Williamson County
Old Settler’s Association
Texas
Jolleyville
Bryan Girl Receives Degree at Huntsville
Miss Pansy Conlee of this city received her B A degree from Texas State Teachers College at Huntsville this morning with a large class of men and women. She is a successful teacher and has accepted a position near Houston for the coming school year.
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Pansy Conlee
Huntsville
Texas State Teachers College
Houston
Funeral Today For Mother of Bryan Resident
Mrs Lois Curran, mother of Bryan resident Mrs Annie Anderson, was found dead in Houston. Her body will be transported to Ennis for burial beside her husband who died over eighteen years ago. The service will be held aboard the Sunbeam train at Ennis station at 5 30 this afternoon. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Ivan Boyett and Mrs Mary Lois Boyett of Ennis.
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Ivan Boyett
Mary Lois Boyett
Houston
Ennis
Funeral services for Bryan Anderson family mourned in Ennis
Bryan and Mrs. Annie Anderson of Houston attended by four grandchildren and many relatives. Friends and relatives from Bryan joined the motor trip to Ennis for the funeral services.
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Bryan
Annie Anderson
Houston
Ennis
Methodist Women Meet in Groups
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church held Group No. 5 on Monday afternoon at Mrs. W. L. Tucker's home. Six members attended, 42 chapters read, and 9 visits to the sick were reported before a short business session and fall-work plans.
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Woman’s Missionary Society of the
First Methodist Church
W. L. Tucker
Mesdames O. A. Ashworth
Wilson Bradley
J. W. Black
J. H. Beard, J. N. Dulaney, and
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Bryan Library
Texas Treasury Vigilantes
A. & M. College
Associated Press
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Brazos
Bryan Boy
Europe
Allister Waldrop
Public National Bank
Neeley Seriously III
Marlin Hospital
Snook
Harry Cassady
Texas Wonderful
Texas U
Seiad
Wright
A-M College
Crogan
Acorn
Pycotin
Mother of Bryan
Galveston
Ft. Worth
B. Holzmann
Missouri Pacific Lines
Pin-Money Grocery
Parker Lbr. Co
Carrabd, Shimen and
Collette
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