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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
1
Austin Feb 23 The Secretary of State Sidney L Staples granted a charter for seventy five thousand dollars for the Bryan Automatic Shoe Polishing Company to be used for manufacturing purposes at the new plant in Bryan.
Clarence Ousley of College Station calls for reducing cotton acreage and diversifying crops to curb market glut. He links cotton to low profits, slavery-era costs, and tenant poverty, urging bankers to back farmers shifting from an all cotton economy. The Fourth District Bankers conference at Hotel Raleigh, Waco, heard his plea and a plan for better marketing.
In St. Louis on February 23 the government filed for a permanent injunction to restrain the Southern Pine Association over alleged lumber price fixing. About sixty corporations and sixty individuals are named in the suit, according to Attorney General Palmer.
At the last commissioner's court session, presiding officers and judges were named for Brazos County precincts. Precinct 1 Millican F H Poole presiding. J W Burrows Walter Smith L M Thompson as judges. Precinct 2 Wellborn J M Atkins presiding. J A Gandy judge. Precinct 3 College Station Dr O M Ball presiding. John Krenek W W Kraft S G Bailey as judges. Precinct 4 Steele Store Ed S Martin presiding. Joe Scanlin judge. Precinct 5 Bethel J H Reed presiding. C M Risinger K Kelly C F Goen judges. Precinct 6 Kurten J P Gilpin presiding. Phillip Endler judge. Precinct 7 Tabor J L Sample presiding. W H Benbow judge. Precinct 8 Edge Frank Rychilk presiding. Emmett Holland judge. Precinct 9 Smetana J H Wehrman presiding. G D Cunningham judge. Precinct 10 City Hall Oak McKenzie presiding. J L Edge M G Nall M F Vitopil judges. Precinct 11 Court House J W Batts presiding. C M Cole R B Grant A K Brown judges. Precinct 12 Reliance J H Lloyd presiding. Solon Morgan judge.
Austin lawmakers consider a resolution to install a button voting system to record aye or nay on desk instruments with results flashed above the speaker. Backers say it could replace twenty roll calls on a local bill day and cut recording time from two hours to about twenty minutes.
The Merry Rondoliers will perform at Guion Hall Thursday night as the next Lyceum number at A. & M. College. The troupe, praised statewide, features three girls and two men and includes skilled players on trombone and saxophone.
The Baptist ladies on campus met at Mrs. A. Mitchells home to form a missionary society. Officers elected: President Mrs. B. C. Clark Vice President Mrs. H. Ness Sec Treas Mrs. J. E. Lewis and Bible and Mission study leader Mrs. R. L. Brown. Next meeting set for March at Mrs. W. Bizzele. A jitney collision on Main Street injured Walter Downard, minor bruises. he was treated and resting well.
A conference of West Texas lawmakers produced a revised West Texas A M College bill prepared by Rep Ben L Cox of Abilene. It renames the school West Texas A M College, allows engineering, places site control with the A M college board, and provides a $50 000 land-purchase appropriation with no building funds this session.
Former Democratic National Committee chairman William McCombs died in Greenwich Connecticut of heart disease at age forty six. He directed Woodrow Wilsons 1912 presidential campaign and will be buried in Little Rock Arkansas per his brother in law M W Hardy. He leaves two brothers and three sisters.
Associate Judge Frank Lee Hawkins agreed with the court majority that running Sunday pictures violated the Sunday law in ruling on the motion to repeal the Hegman case. The decision stemmed from J. J. Hegman's overturned case and the ongoing legal dispute over Sunday entertainment restrictions.
College Station February 23. The Aggies redeemed their three prior losses to Louisiana State by routing the Tigers 49 to 19. A. and M. led 25 to 10 at halftime as Forbes and Ehlert starred with ten and eight field goals respectively.
Washington reports 109 national and international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor gathered in an extraordinary conference summoned by President Samuel Gompers to organize attacks on union labor. The executive council presented a bill of rights and recommendations for labor progress.
The Chamber of Commerce directors voted to appropriate 60.00 for Bryan high school's football team at a Wednesday morning meeting. Attending were Tyler Haswell E J Jenkins E J Fountain L L McInnis W H Cole J T Maloney R S Webb Sr A M Waldrop J D Martin John M Lawrence M E Wallace J M Gordon Oak McKenzie Travis B Bryan Sam B Wilson and T K Lawrence.
Cottonwood Church formed Circle No 2 of the Baptist Ladies Auxiliary recently. This afternoon the newly formed Cottonwood auxiliary hosted Circle No 2 at the president Mrs Joe Sample home with Bryan women Mesdames R B Grant Paul Dansby H L McKnight Horace Dansby J B Sanders Minnie Mc Alpine J B Dunn Silas Locke Sidney Smith and J W Wiley arriving by car.
Allen Myres Jr has returned from Cornell University Ithaca New York where he studied three years and completed his course He is described as a brilliant young man with an honored student record He will return in June to receive his diploma and degree.
Associated Press report from Austin and San Antonio details the deaths of Cadets F. I. Allen and Virgil Beath at Kelly Field and Penn Field as their formation aircraft crashed during takeoff and lead flight. Bodies badly burned, to be sent home for interment.
Brazos County teachers and trustees met at the courthouse led by Eck Smith to launch a campaign for rural school improvement through consolidation better methods and pending legislation. Speakers urged passage of a $5 million apportionment and rural aid bills while endorsing a state board for appointing education officers and continued support for the free text book law.
The Texas forestry bill by Representative Rountree and others was reported favorable and printed, directing about 300000 per year from a 12 1 2 cent tax on lumber to reforest cut lands. Debate centered on taxing timber owners. some argued for state funding while others opposed the levy. The measure, backed by Hall and Rountree, faces a House vote after a favorable Senate path.
Lieutenant William Coney resumed his transcontinental flight from California to Dallas after a 24 hour delay. He took off from Bronte, Texas at 9 30 a m and landed in Dallas at 12 46 p m continuing the ocean to ocean voyage.
Ten public health committees of the House and Senate met in Austin to hear arguments on a bill revising the present law. The measure, prepared by the State Board of Medical Examiners, aims to address current unenforceability.
The College Woman's Social Club will meet at Dean J. C. Nagle's home instead of the Y M C A parlors on Friday February 25 at o'clock. Engineering students will host, and all women linked with the College are urged to attend.
Washington Feb 23 officials said the accidental shooting by a Japanese sentry of Lieutenant Langon an American naval officer of Vladivostok last month is regarded as definitively closed.
Austin Feb 23 The House Bill enabling cooperative marketing organizations finally passed the Senate and the House also approved the Emergency Appropriation bill with amendment. Twenty thousand dollars was appropriated for repairing the Governor's mansion.
San Augustine Feb 23 President Elect Harding moves to finalize remaining cabinet selections and preparations for his inaugural address with only a few formalities left to complete.
The bodies of engine men R. W. Mayes and R. R. Dickey killed in yesterday's derailment of the Texas Special five miles north of Waco were brought to Denison today for burial.
The William Scott Chapter of the D A R held a tea at the Carnegie Library yesterday afternoon and netted 45 dollars as a free will offering for the Near East Relief fund. Many who phoned to donate could not attend, so final receipts are expected to be higher.
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