Federals Chase Mexican Revolutionary Bands Amid Turmoil
Federal forces pursue multiple rebel bands across Mexico in at least six localities. Groups range from 20 to 200 men with no clear central command. Rebels reportedly seized a garrison at Parras De La Fuente, near Coahuila, and a band operates within 15 miles of Mexico City. Incidents also shake Concepcion, Del Oro in Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, and Torreon. three rival state legislatures form in Pueblo.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Mexico
Parras de la Fuerte
Coahuila
Concepcion
del Oro
Zeacatecas
San Luis Potosi
Torreon
Pueblo
Campaign on Cotton Marketing Essay Prizes
D J McDonald County Superintendent Brazos urges support for Farm Bureau essay prizes on the Marketing of Cotton. He commends Stinnett for touring schools to explain the plan and asks every capable child to participate and every thoughtful person to help this worthy cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinnett
Farm Bureau
Brazos County
D. J. McDonald
Community Briefs From Bryan on Health and Events
Mrs. T. C. Bittle is recovering well at her son Guy P. Bittle's home after surgery at Bryan hospital. Mrs. Geo. Chance travels to New Orleans for her nephew Rolland Chatham's serious illness. Lions Club plans a minstrel show with Henry Locke at 8:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Library. Extension Service Club meets Thursday with officers to be elected. The Thirteenth Chair will be staged at Little Theatre in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Bittle
Guy P. Bittle
Bryan Hospital
Geo. Chance
New Orleans
Rolland Chatham
Ralph Chatham
Lions Club
Carnegie Library
Henry Locke
Extension Service Club
C. H. Alvord
C. B. Webster
Paul Stevens
When I Was 91 99 Dr W D Cline
Dr W B Cline a Bryan eye ear nose and throat specialist recalls his youth and medical training. He is a Woodville, Tyler County native who finished high school in Houston then studied at Baylor University and Louisville Medical College graduating in 1901. He pursued further postgraduate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Cline
Louisville Medical College
W. B. Cline
Bryan
Cline
Woodville
Tyler County
Houston
Baylor University
Military
Beaumont B. Buck
Baylor
Louisville
Medical College
Texas Governor Grants Twenty Five Pardons
The Associated Press reports in Austin that twenty five full pardons and seven minor acts of clemency were granted, boosting the governor’s total to 3037. Among those freed is E B McClure, a former railroad special agent sentenced to five years for murder in Wichita County, and Lee Purden, jailed in McLennan County for burglary and theft, was pardoned.
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Associated Press
Austin
E. B. McClure
Wichita County
Lee Purden
McLennan
British naval forces depart Shanghai for Hankow
A Shanghai report says all available British naval forces are leaving for Hankow at full speed. Frantic appeals for additional land and naval forces have been received from the British community at Hankow.
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Hankow
London
Shanghai
Former Baptist Leader Indicted in Grand Larceny
George N. Saunders former treasurer of the foreign mission board of the Southern Baptist Convention was indicted on four counts of grand larceny in Richmond Virginia He faces theft charges totaling 2000 388459 398607 and 93124 4 dated between 1925 and 1926. Saunders has remained jailed since the shortage was discovered.
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Associated Press
Richmond
George N. Saunders
Foreign Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Saunders
British Warships Ordered To China
Hong Kong Jan 5 British warships Vindictive Carlisle and Wishart were ordered to Hankow where coolies were reported to have destroyed barricades at the British concessions and menaced the consulate.
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Hong Konk
China
Vindictive
Carlisle
Wishart
Hankow
Supreme Court asked to rule federal power over state primaries
L A Dixon, a Negro from El Paso, claims he was barred from voting in a Texas Democratic primary under 1923 law banning black participation. Nixon's counsel argues the Fifteenth Amendment guarantees voting rights in all elections. defense says Texas primary functioned as the actual election, risking broader disfranchisement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
L. A. Dixon
el Paso
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Justice Butler
Texas
South
Weather Forecast For Bryan And Vicinity
The Weather section reports fair conditions for Bryan and vicinity tonight and Thursday as of January 5.
Committees Named for 1927 by Methodist Missionary Society
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church met Monday afternoon naming 1927 committees. Appointments cover Local Work Grounds Program Decorating Social Service Refreshment Voice Subscription Junior Work Prayer Parliamentarian Year Book Church Parsonage and Arrangement with multiple members listed for each group. The meeting featured an inspirational address by President Mrs. A K Brown and a devotional by Mrs. J N Goodwin.
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Methodist Missionary Society
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
A. K. Brown
Martha Allen
J. N. Goodwin
Colossians
B. T. Pol
J. E. Covey
L. J. Dupuy
J. B. Priddy
N. N. Snapp
Ross Dean
Jim James
A. Hanneman
O. A. Ashworth
Jno
W. Black
C. C. Bub
R. E. Smith
A. M. Waldrop
Dona Carnes
B. T. Poole
H. N. Coghran
Lois Bethea
John M. Lawrence
Wilson Bradley
W. W. Solomon
George W. Barnes
Hugo Long
Nobie Webb
R. C. Allen
J. H. Beard
C. R. Gardner
W. F. Gibbs
W. K. Gibbs
Atlantic radiophone to link U S with Europe by April
Trans Atlantic radiophone service across the Atlantic starts Friday and is expected to connect the United States with all of Europe by April. Anglo German cables are finished and Germany and Austria are already connected by underground lines. Major Central European cities will soon be in communication.
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Associated Press
London
Atlantic
United States
Europe
Germany
Austria
Jericho Loses In High Court
AUSTIN Jan 5 The Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the appeal of Bill Jerico Brazos County for a liquor conviction ending his challenge to the outcome.
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Jericho
Associated Press
Austin
Bill Jerico
Brazos County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Withers Family Christmas Reunion Held in Texas
A. E. Withers and family gathered for the Christmas reunion with children and grandchildren from Temple Mexia Houston Waco Belton Temple Beaumont Bryan Weatherford and Kansas City. Great grandmother born 1846 near Atlanta Ga remains active in the Baptist faith and hopes for more great grandchildren in 1927.
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A. E. Withers
L. A. Withers
Temple
C. F. Hostetter
Mae Belle Withers
Dorothy
Betty Gene
Mexia
Bess Withers
Houston
Milton
Fannie Fred Winters
Eveline
Alice Joyce
Kansas City
M. R. Withers
Lucile McDonald
Gloria Billy
Waco
W. H. Winters
Christine Weinzer
Willie Louise
Raymond Withers
Wendel Withers
Sydel Withers
Allen Burns Withers
Withers
Atlanta
Texas
Claude
Hamilton
W. C
Belton
A. E
Bryan
G. W
Weatherford
F. B
D. D
Beaumont
Myrtle Llewelyn
Winters
Prospect School to Host Boys and Girls Club Meeting
Mrs J O Wilson principal of Prospect school announces a meeting of the boys and girls club at the school house next Friday night January 7. Everybody cordially invited.
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J. O. Wilson
The
Prospect School
Key Ignites Fatal Farm Shooting Near Bryan
J E Cook waived examining trial and posted 300 bond after shooting Jessie Williams at the Boriskie farm six miles from Bryan Saturday. Reports say a dispute over a key sparked the confrontation with Williams wounded four times. his condition listed as precarious.
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Jessie Williams
Boriskie
Bryan
J. E. Cook
W. E. Neeley
Cooke
Risberg No-Show Delays White Sox Payoff Hearing
Chicago January 5 Commissioner Landis postponed the hearing on charges that the White Sox paid Detroit to throw a series. Accuser Swede Risberg failed to appear and advised he would report later. More than 30 players attended to deny the charges.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Landis
White Sox
Detroit
Risberg
Opar
Teachers Institute Held Saturday at the Court House
County teachers gather Saturday January 8 at 10 am for a program led by Mrs. D. C. McIntosh with instrumental music, remarks by County Superintendent D. J. McDonald, and talks on spelling geography and interscholastic league goals.
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Teachers’ Institute
Court House
County Teachers’ Institute
D. C. McIntosh
D. J. McDonald
Mae S. Wilson
Mary Cahill
E. D. Martin
E. W. Chaney
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Brazos County Farmer Advocates Diversified Acreage Plan
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Regmund of Smetana, visiting Bryan, promote diversification. With 86 cultivated acres this year they grow four acres of cotton and the rest corn sorghum sweet potatoes water melons and more. They keep 100 Rhode Island Red chickens 10 hogs two Jersey cows and a fruit orchard producing canned fruit for winter. Their system, they say, would be a good model for Brazos county farmers to follow.
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F. F. Regmund
Smetana
Bryan
Regmund
Brazos Counties
Rhode Island
Jersey
Brazos County
Fire damages home of M. Wilson near depot
A colored resident M Wilson suffered minor damage to his home this morning from a fire that burned only a few boards before firemen extinguished it. The house lies near the L G N depot.
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M. Wilson
L G. N
Cotton futures dip as spats quoted at 11 to 12 cents
Cotton futures closed 6 to 8 points lower while local spats traded around 11 to 12 cents. The report notes continued price softness and firm regional quotes for short staple spats.
May Be Bloodshed In Hankow After Mob Invades
A thousand Chinese coolies enraged by anti foreign propaganda overran Hankow, destroying the British barbican and forcing foreigners to flee. British Marines held off the mob four hours without firing a shot, then withdrew. Cantonese troops are deployed but may be unable to quell the unrest as foreign women and children are evacuated by ship.
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Shanghai
China
Hankow
Mrs M W Barry Leaves Today for Washington D C
Mrs Maggie W Barry of the Extension Service at A and M College of Texas departs from College and Bryant for Washington D C to attend Board of General Federation of Women's Clubs and an executive committee meeting. She will speak in Washington on January 10 before the National Democratic Woman's Club and visit Concord Boston and Youngstown before a New York City trip for a ten day conference. She returns to Texas for the Texarkana Extension Group meeting in February for joint planning among Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Maggie W. Barry
Extension Service
A. and
M. College of Texas
Bryan
Washington, D. C
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
General Federation
Barry
National Democratic Woman's Club
Washington
Boston
Massachusetts Federation Board
Woman’s Club
Youngstown
Ohio
New York City
Texas
Texarkana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kurten Farmers Prepare for 1927 Cotton Diversification
Mr and Mrs Joe Berger of Kurten visit Bryan and share plans to cut cotton acreage for 1927. Berger family will plant 35 acres cotton 30 corn 5 milo maize 5 higera and use remaining land for cattle hogs turkeys chickens and a garden. He hopes Brazos county will have a better year in 1927.
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Joe Berger
Kurten
Bryan
Eagle
Berger
Mike Berger
Brazos County
Avenue Baptists Banquet Adopts Motto Every Member In The Right Place
A Sunday School banquet at Hotel Bryan with College Avenue Baptist Church members featured a prayer, song service led by Hon. W.S. Barron and Miss Maudelle Wiley, a four course dinner, and a business session. Superintendent J. M. Bullock Jr outlined plans for the year, with the motto every member in the right place at the right time and the goal of reaching and winning people.
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The
Avenue Baptists At
College Avenue
Bryan Nursery
J.M. Bullock
Other Nations Seek Aid for Their Interests at Managua
Washington reports American Marines landed and are en route to Managua Nicaragua. British and Italian governments requested protection for their nationals and interests in the area. Managua, capital under a Conservative government, faces threat from Liberal armies. conservatives claim the Marine action may avert anarchy.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Ma Ferguson Uses Federal Quarantine To Block Arizona Cotton
Governor Miram A. Ferguson of Texas signed a proclamation invoking a federal quarantine on cotton from Graham County Arizona. Shipments to Texas must go directly to outbound ports or be examined to prevent infestation by a boll weevil like pest. Arizona's earlier state quarantine was challenged by injunction.
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Associated Press
Austin
Miram A. Ferguson
Texas
Graham County
Arizona
Anti Saloon League Plans Jan 16 Celebration
Dallas January 5 The Anti Saloon League of Texas asks local committees to hold a mass meeting on January 16 for the eighth anniversary of ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Anti- Saloon League of Texas
Daniel Watson Dies Tuesday
Daniel Watson, 68, State Gun Commissioner, died in Austin on Tuesday and will be buried at Dripping Springs cemetery. Watson served four years as State Representative from Hays county.
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Austin
Daniel Watson
Dripping Springs
Watson
Hays County
Lions Hear Pringle on Cooperation and Farm Bureau Growth
G A Pringle of the Marlin Texas Farm Bureau Association spoke to the Lions Club on cooperative marketing aiming for orderly distribution rather than wholesale dumping. He noted the Bureau's 18 000 members and praised Brazos county worker Eberstadt while recounting encounters with local Lions.
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G. A. Pringle
Marlin
Texas Farm Bureau Association
Lions Club
Mr. Pringle
Henry Locke
E. R. Bryant
Sam Eberstadt
Mr. Eberstadt
Brazos County
Farm Bureau
Glenn Stinnett
Phelps Farmer Found Dead in Woods Outside Phelps
Huntsville dispatch reports John Davidson a Phelps resident who vanished December 27 was located dead three miles from Phelps on Tuesday. Indications suggest he collapsed while searching for his horse as a rope remained on his arm. no foul play signs were detected.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
John Davidson
Phelps
Pro Officers Report Progress in Fighting Moonshine and Beer Smuggling
The 1927 prohibition effort shows gains in halting moonshine production and denatured alcohol, with focus on coast smuggling and high power beer output. Local authorities urged to elect enforceable officials and build broad anti liquor sentiment amid Sweden and United States style debates.
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Pro
Friends of Prohibition
Friends of and Order
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Bryan and Vicinity
Nations OF Europe
J. E. Cooke Waves
M.W. Barry
Washington, D.C
LIONS
Pringle
Phelps Farmer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sweden
Lausanne
Switzerland
Council of Ministers of Sweden
Eckman
Stockholm
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