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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1926
Page
1
The Bryan Chamber of Commerce plans a soil demonstration for agricultural writers visiting the A and M College during the Writers Conference. The trip will travel the Brazos River bottom to prove the region's rich soil and show how the college's teachings apply to local farming.
Group No 3 of the Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs. C. L. Eden's home with seven members and one visitor. The program on Christ in China was led by Mrs. Oak McKenzie, including a violin piece by Janie Lee Singletary with George Singletary. A social hour followed with ice cream and cake.
Pastor Roy S. Hollomon of College Avenue Baptist Church returns from Seagraves Texas where he spent ten days in a revival with First Baptist. He reports a good meeting and says crop conditions are excellent with abundant rains and bright prospects. He and his wife with their baby daughter will travel by Ford to Lake Victor Texas for another revival and plan to return to Bryan August 10.
The Mens Bible Class of College Avenue Baptist Sunday School invites members and friends to an all day barbecue and picnic at Wixon Lake. Elaborate entertainment plans and plenty of food await. Come early and stay late.
W. F. Wilson of Eclectic, who has visited Bryan to see his daughter Mrs. Co. L. Benson since April, leaves tonight for home but may return in the fall to reside with the Beasons, stating he is delighted with Bryan and its people.
The government bans priests from transferring church control to lay committees and orders churches to be run by committees named by town mayors. Reports spread of violence in Aguas Calientes as Catholics rush to worship while priestled services halt Saturday in protest of policy.
Henry C. Bracey, 82, president of Bracey Medicine Company, died after being struck by a car driven by a Black driver in Wichita Falls. Police say the accident was unavoidable.
COLLEGE STATION July 28 A semi annual meeting of the Texas Cotton Seed Breeders Association at Texas A and M was followed by a barbecue at the Allen Farm Navasota hosted by John D. Rogers president. About thirty five attendees included local residents and numerous named guests from Austin Dallas Waxahachie Waco and other cities.
The noon alarm at Hotel Bryan was caused by a short in an extension cord. Fire crews arrived but found no damage.
Incumbents held seats in eleven Texas congressional districts after Saturdays primary, with the Tenth District race between Buchanan and Hamilton still in doubt at 6 pm. Buchanan led Hamilton by 262 votes as results showed 21,607 for Buchanan and 21,846 for Hamilton.
Dr. G S Fraps state chemist and head of the Texas A and M Experiment Station will address a Shreveport Louisiana meeting of fertilizer manufacturers from Texas Louisiana and Arkansas. The discussion centers on fertilizer formulas to standardize products for economy and farmer benefit. A separate meeting in Shreveport the following Friday will cover the same goal.
Mrs Henry P Drought of San Antonio was named local chairman for the 1928 biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs announced by Mrs J U Fields Hasskell president of the Texas federation. She noted the 1926 Atlantic City meeting drew over 200 women and San Antonio will provide the downtown auditorium free of charge with several large hotels nearby for attendees.
Miss Betsy Searcy daughter of Dr and Mrs C A Searcy visits in Houston hosted by her aunt Mrs D Donohoe a party of young people celebrates her. She will go to Bayshore Cottage Saturday and then join her parents in Colorado on August 1 joining Salt Lake City other points before returning for school.
Rev Ibarra of the Mexican Baptist Mission in Bryan says Rev Zito formerly of the Italian Methodist Church in Bryan is dead in a sanitarium in Italy. No details were provided.
The West Indian hurricane, after crossing the Caribbean Sea, hammered the upper Florida coast causing heavy shipping damage along the lower east coast. Wind and waves may total millions, with several ships unaccounted for.
A child health conference will be held at Kurten next Friday afternoon at 3 00 o clock in the community auditorium. Mothers are invited to bring children under seven years for free examination. Dr W F Odom will attend if possible.
A 1925 Dodge Brothers Special Touring car valued at 700 to 800 dollars, recently painted, was stolen from the Halsell garage at George Halsell's house where Halsell Motor Company stored several vehicles. Officers have charge but no clues known at this time.
A hold up on a North Main street car netted $28.32. The robber directed the motorman R. E. Lochard to report the crime from a street car telephone three blocks away. The hijacker took the car keys, left on foot, and officers found no suspect, with Lochard guessing an automobile waited at North Main and Goldenrod.
The Texas Election Bureau announced a record primary turnout of 791 456 votes from 249 counties, with 151 complete counts. The 1924 August primary had 789 027 votes. Moody still trailed by 373 votes from a majority.
S H Seale of Benchley shows a 15 acre corn tract expected to yield 50 bushels per acre on the Robertson county farm. A random ear measures 9 inches around and 8.5 inches long with 18 rows and 47 kernels per row. He cites livestock to feed and notes cotton acreage, flea activity, and ongoing cultivation with one middle buster at work.
The July 28 weather bulletin states tonight and Thursday will be partly cloudy for Bryan and surrounding areas.
The Howell Lumber Company of Bryan announces its second county wide fair on Saturday September 25 at its lumber sheds. The free event invites Brazos county rural residents to display farm and home products with prizes for best overall exhibits and individual classifications. Judging ends by 9:00 a.m. and prizes are awarded at 3:00 p.m. Exhibits remain until 4:00 p.m.
Federal agents and police in Buffalo New York arrested six more suspects in the Niagara frontier poison liquor case. The death toll reaches seven. Authorities say the gang leader is prepared to confess and name higher ups in the wood alcohol traffic.
County Agent C L Benson visited the Chambers Wilson demonstration farm in the Brazos Bottom to find boll weevils more active than in 10 15 years. Squares lay thick on the ground and were being picked up by farm workers. Wilson started poisoning with calcium arsenate and agents suggested a mix of 5 percent sulphur and 75 percent calcium arsenate as cotton fleabites appeared while overall the cotton looked fine and fruited rapidly in some areas.
Special to the Texas Cotton Seed Breeders Association reports a two day semi annual session ending with campus inspection and a Nav asota Allen Farm barbecue. Addresses covered cotton insects cotton research improving the cotton situation and cooperative buying of seed bags. Attendees listed include John D. Rogers Ferris Watson C C Mason J H McDonald J W Davidson A B Conner and several College Station officials.
The long-delayed commercial treaty with Panama to supplant the Taft agreement abrogated in 1924 was signed today by the State Department in Washington.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson announced a September 4 special election to fill six vacancies in the Texas House and one in the Senate. Winners will convene with the legislature on September 13 for a special session.
In Dallas Moody holds a strong lead while Ferguson’s governorship hangs in doubt. Delegates prepare for Saturday county conventions amid calls for resignation if Moody wins the primary, with Moody leading by about 120000 votes and others speculating on possible special-session moves to vacant the office.
Grand jury inquiry into the killing of D. E. Chipps by Rev. Frank Norris appeared closed today in Fort Worth. No action was announced and jurors are expected to report a decision at week’s end.
Austin July 28 budgets for Texas A and M College and all branches were submitted by the board of regents and President T Walton. They asked the state board of control to recommend 9 605 555 88 dollars for equipment repairs permanent improvements and maintenance. A conference with the board of control was held and the hearing will open immediately.
In Cisco July 28 a 32 year old oil worker named G. A. fin was killed at the Star Oil Field. A buried track load of oil pipe toppled onto him when it caught a guy wire.
Five people died at a railroad crossing near here when a car collided with a Central train. The victims include Mrs. Sylvester Chaskis a small son Victoria Matus and an unidentified man.
Austin awaits a special session to confirm Governor Miriam Ferguson recess appointments including Hal Moseley and John Cage to the highway commission and Dallas J. Matthews as adjutant general. Other nominees span boards of nursing pilots librarians and optometry with several district attorneys and health board members pending confirmation.
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