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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
4
Editorial from the Galveston News condemns expanding government and extra officials. It cites resignations from the legislature and new state posts, arguing the growing tax eater army infringes freedom and increases costs. The piece endorses the Sackett resolution to separate Texas University and A and M College.
Judge Meek sentences a morphine offender under the narcotic law emphasizing mercy to break the addiction. He notes the offender’s self-destruction and aims for a term that restores willpower and turns away from the drug, urging the inmate to see the federal intervention as a priceless service to the nation.
Brief list of proposed constitutional amendments includes increasing supreme court membership from three to five, allowing counties to create a student loan fund, and authorizing a special road tax up to fifty. The public attention appears limited as voters prepare for the July 24 ballot.
Editorial urges voters to understand July 24 voting on six proposed amendments. Blames Legislature for proposing them and calls on the press to explain the amendments clearly to all citizens, noting papers vary in coverage and circulation.
A stark verse by Charles Phillips from Ave Maria recounts Golgotha as a bleak hill near Jerusalem where death and curse meet in a crucifixion paradox. The barren ascent, gnarled trees, and scorned landscape transform into the holiest site through a single “wondrous Fruit” on its branches.
Hon. Cone Johnson, solicitor for the State department at Washington, warns Southern farmers to store as much cotton as possible. He argues that rushing cotton to market will depress prices, Britain holds large stocks, and with Germany and Austria cut off through Italy since August, European demand will falter as war continues.
The piece argues that ongoing war and Britain’s orders in council crush demand for U S cotton. With markets closed and warehouses full, storing cotton worsens surplus and low prices. The author urges stopping cotton production to prevent a prolonged downturn.
The Wichita Times reviews figures from the Federal Bureau of Statistics showing Texas farmers paid 10.3 percent in 1912 and 9.97 percent in 1913 while Oklahoma farmers paid 12.10 percent in 1912 and 10.58 percent in 1913. The piece notes Oklahoma lacks the Robertson law and questions why Oklahoma rates were higher.
The Dallas Democrat editor J C McNealus defends Mr Bryan and Woodrow Wilson against The Dallas News critique. He cites a June 10 issue incident where two anonymous poem lines were embedded in an editorial. The quoted stanzas urge free thought to speak boldly and face accusers without fear.
The article argues Texans can govern locally and urges support for a July 24 separation amendment making the A. and M. College an independent institution after years of debate among farmers and political groups across counties and state conventions.
The editorial urges patriotic and intelligent voting in a republic. It warns against voting without understanding the six upcoming constitutional amendments on July 24 and stresses voters study all provisions, noting the A. and M. College separation is simpler to grasp.
The Mineral Wells Index rebutts a Bryan Daily Eagle accusation that it owns an automobile. The editor challenges a State Press Association committee investigation and insists they do not own a car, citing banker proof and unfamiliarity with automotive parts.
Twenty four steer lots from Canyon City averaging 1314 pounds sold for 9.25 per hundred and forty six head at 1443 pounds each brought 9.10 in Kansas City. Total value reached 8957.23 with per head 121.54 and 131.81. The Houston Post notes cattle fed on Texas silage kaffir corn and alfalfa. The piece contrasts profits with Texas farmers’ cotton dependency and hardships.
Democratic national committeeman Tom Taggart among 28 individuals indicted by an Indianapolis grand jury for alleged election fraud. The piece calls for clean elections and punishment for those who rig the vote, urging the public to demand honesty in the electoral process.
Fencerail Smith urges voters to back separating the Agricultural and Mechanical College from the University of Texas on July 24. He says those who have advised farmers should prove their protestations by voting, proving agriculture’s primacy among calls.
The text highlights Hon. Cone Johnson of Texas as a leading candidate for the State Department counselor role to succeed Lansing, who became Secretary of State after Bryan. Johnson is praised as an able, polished lawyer seen as eminently fitted for the high post. The Eagle would welcome his elevation to this key position.
A Texas tale in which a rabbit flees a pursuing hound, leaps into a lake near Brenham and is swallowed by a large black bass. The man’s hand is bitten off by the same bass, though the account is said to be an outrageous fabrication.
A Mineral Wells index item urges the State University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College to seek divorcement with a July 24 decree by Texas sovereign voters on incomparability as the ground.
A writer notes that judging a watermelon’s ripeness by thumping is an art learned through years of practice. Some experts can tell when fruit is just turning and half ripe and even the exact moment the flesh becomes red and seeds turn black.
Prof Munsterberg is said to have invented an instrument that detects lies. It has a registering attachment that shows deviations from truthful statements, a tool valued for husbands with downtown business after supper and for fishermen to verify their statements.
Mr Bryan is offered an $8000 job as head of the department of political economy at a Western University. He could hardly be expected to accept, having to supplement a $12,000 position with lecture receipts to keep soul and body together.
The Eagle states no July 24 vote in Brazos county against Resolution 34 and asserts every voter supports the College by voting for its separation from the University.
The text notes Germans drive Russians from Galicia a territory captured since the war began. It argues Galicia despite losses remains small compared to Russia, likening Galicia to a ten cent piece beside Texas.
The Fort Worth Record argues taxpayers must aid paupers at the Dallas county poor farm, noting 4 cents per meal versus 131 3 cents per meal for prisoners in the county jail.
The article urges A. and M. College to become separate from the State University by voting for resolution 4 on July 24. It argues independence is essential to fulfill founders’ intentions and secure a truly independent institution.
The farmer who has grown abundant vegetables and keeps a busy home canner will have plenty to eat next winter and minimize household expenses to the lowest possible level.
A concise, aphoristic note asserts that all government spending originates from taxpayers. It invokes a traditional saying about taking from the churn and putting first into the cow's mouth to emphasize the burden on citizens.
Charles W. Bryan, brother of the real Mr. Bryan, is elected mayor of Lincoln Nebraska. The Bryan family appears hungry for public office and as prone to conflict as sparks rising.
In Atlanta during the riots, nearbeer saloons were shuttered amid protests. Prohibition laws raise questions about intoxicating content, enforcement, and public safety. The language and motives reflect ongoing tensions over temperance policy and social order.
Residents hail street work including curb, gutter, storm sewer installation and paving. They acknowledge criticism of city government and council but affirm progress and civic effort.
The Houston Post cautions Governor Ferguson to don a sack coat for the next year. It warned a longer coat would invite a joke about his tails, suggesting prudence in attire.
Political rhetoric condemns crime in Atlanta with praise for Gov. Slaton's actions and defense of the state's honor amid a public outcry over urban disorder.
As fiscal year 1915 ends, about one eighth of U S railway mileage, roughly 30 500 miles, is under receivers. The figure highlights widespread distress in the rail system.
The world notes a gap between Britain’s boasts and actions, perceiving a growing wind-jammer image as talk outpaces accomplishment.
In Texas the Waco Times Herald notes seven courts could handle this work that Jones might perform and criticizes needless officials while noting he pays the freight.
The Eagle notes a farmer bought baled hay in town a few days ago as a sign of diversification and moving toward self sufficiency for the farm.
The report states Germany is not replying to the United States note and is withholding response by return mail, suggesting ongoing diplomatic delay or dispute between the two nations.
The 8 year old son of W. E. Williams of Cross Grimes County plunged into a tank to save his drowning younger brother. Unable to swim he struggled and reached the child by grabbing hair and dragging him to shore. An application for a Carnegie Medal has been made.
W S Mial of the Brazos bottom, a Burleson County Levee Commissioner, announced in Burleson city that a contract to rebuild the levee on the county side of the river near thirteen miles has been let. Bids must be advertised four weeks before award, delaying final action until a July commission meeting.
State Purchasing Agent Leavy announced awards Saturday noting ten thousand barrels of flour went to Wichita Mill & Elevator Co with a Bryan branch under manager Ed 8S. Martin. Other purchases were placed with state firms across the state.
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