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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
4
The Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue in Austin announces a 25 percent reduction in the 1923 individual income tax. The reduction applies to June installments and affects only individuals, not corporate taxes. Taxpayers may adjust their June payment to reflect the cut, with guidance on installment calculations and example figures.
County Clerk A S McSwain reports several marriage licenses issued since last week. Couples listed include L B Shipp Lett with Edith Amelia Wittman, Bert Andres with Lillian Rice, Cager Wilson with Lennie Redden, Allen Palmer with Laura Linton, Chas Eichholtz with Mildred Ina Lloyd, and Joseph Giamusa with Bonilde Carabba.
J F Casey of the College Con fectionery travels Thursday noon to San Angelo to visit his brother J H Casey for about a week and then to Roswell New Mexico to visit his sister Miss Beulah for a month or more. He takes vacation to enjoy Roswell climate.
A called meeting of the Brazos County Singing Convention will be held at Steep Hollow on the fifth Sunday evening in June the 25th for Transacting business related to the Tabernacle building. Delegates from communities are invited or sent. J E Hensarling serves as secretary pro tem of the building committee.
Texas Presbyterians aim to raise 250000 to seal a 1350000 funding package for their schools and colleges. E A Peden of Houston reports 1100000 pledged. Emergency Sunday July 18 will stress the need and a plan targets 50 wealthy donors at 5000 each.
President Martin of the Texas Retail Hardware and Implement Dealers Association leaves Thursday for Houston to attend District No. 6 meetings. He expects to be away two days. Mrs. Esther Calloway, assistant state secretary, left yesterday to attend the gathering. Billy Hodspeth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hodspeth, underwent appendectomy at Bryan Hospital Tuesday morning and is reported to be recovering well.
Strayed pony mare small and fat branded C 13 on right hip last seen in Clay s pasture likely headed toward Bryan A $5 reward offered by Allen Roark Cawthon Texas
Farmers expect crops to finish as sun shines. Local visits include Lonnie Dixon of Millican and families from Calvert Bryce county. Death of James R Stewart tied to Brazos county roots. Many neighbors greet, share meals, and offer sympathy.
Millican notes a church social night a wine roast in front of the Methodist church and a barbecue hosted by the church ladies. Visitors from Navasota Wellborn Bryan and Erwin attended. Several youths depart for summer schools to Huntsville San Marcos and A and M College. Families return and visit, with car trips to College Station and Houston mentioned.
Special to Bryan Dally Eagle Reliance June 11 farmers kept active with church activities and social visits. Sunday school and B Y P U drew new members while families from College and Bryan visited Reliance gatherings and friends.
Community notes from Harvey June 11 highlight a rainless week, early plowing to remove burrs, and a successful Friday box supper at the school raising $105. Visitors include Bry an residents and candidates. revival plans for July are announced.
In Spalding County Georgia in 1923 a group of thirty cotton club boys raised a bale per acre despite a harsh season that averaged eighty two pounds to the acre for the state. The Griffin Chamber of Commerce backed banks to finance the effort, and the boys planted fertilized seed and followed agent guidance rigorously. They repaid notes after auctioning their cotton in Griffin and, on average, made about one hundred twenty five dollars profit each with plans for future crops.
STEEP HOLLOW June 11. Farmers are taking advantage of nice weather. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tobias and family of Bryan spent Sunday with daughter Mrs. Luther Holligan. Mrs. Lillie Jones of Dallas, visiting sister Mrs. A. Thompson, left for Houston. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hensarling Jr. of Millican spent the weekend with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Murray visited with Uncle Tom Murray and family of Wixon.
Rev J J Pipkin filled his regular appointment at Edge with large Sunday school and church crowds. He preached at Shiloh Sunday afternoon and several Edge residents attended Wheelock services. The piece notes visits from Bryan and Steep Hollow residents and family times across Edge, Bryan, Wheelock and local households.
Special to Bryan Daily Eagle notes Smetana on June 12 enjoying sunshiny weather while farmers battle grass. Mentions Smetana played ball with Kurten Sunday with a score of 3 to 13 in an informal game.
Local column reports quiet news week with good Sunday school and B Y P U attendance. Families visit relatives in Donie Texas and Bryan, while a new baby girl arrives to Virgil and Mrs. Smith and a child survives a kerosene accident in Zack community.
Riverside residents report visits and travels among families in the area. Bertha Andrews returns to College Station after a week with sister Gertrude Siegert, while Janie Merka Mary Merka and Bettie Koeman visited Thelma and Ruth Wright.
Mrs Albert J Buchanan withdraws her name as a candidate for Brazos County school superintendent in the July primary due to bereavement and ill health. She thanks supporters and expresses appreciation for the confidence shown in her by voters across the county.
W J Coulter disposed of his half interest in the Bryan Mule and Feed Barn on Bryan Street to John Patronella P H Hensarling and Patronella, each holding a half interest after the sale.
A drug advertisement promotes MOAVA SUPPOSITORIES as a rapid cure for piles with dramatic claims. It states relief within an hour, even for long standing cases with bleeding, and offers mail orders from James Drug Company with a money back guarantee.
J F Lavender of Bryan owner of Metropolitan Barber Shop may be heir to a $3 million estate after a Havana Alabama letter from John D Lavender outlines a complex Lavender family connection with Hoppers and Keys. A Birmingham committee may meet March 20 to hear from potential heirs.
The Brazos County Health Committee adopts a 100 percent birth registration slogan for 1924. The notice urges parents and doctors to register all births and mentions a door-to-door effort to record births of children up to 13 years old, highlighting the goal to put Brazos County and Texas on the map.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lawrence have come back to Bryan from a five week vacation visiting Dallas St. Louis Chicago Battle Creek Washington New York City and New Orleans. He says travel is enjoyable but he looks forward to work with renewed vigor and notes Brazos county plans for permanent highways in Missouri and Illinois as context for a local bond issue this year.
Dr R B Ehlinger formerly at A M College will resign and move to Bryan to open an office above Jenkins Drug Store. He plans a modern home on College road near the Country Club and is noted to be a known figure in Bryan.
Sam Crenshaw Elliott Benson and R E Dansby left Saturday noon via the L G N to Jacksonville Texas where the Epworth League Assembly of the Texas Conference meets this week at Alexander College. The Bryan delegates will return next weekend. Mrs J M Williams of Wellborn has returned home after visiting granddaughter Mrs J E Reed.
A. W. Buchanan urges Brazos County residents to back a planned park with land, driveways, a ball park, an artificial lake, and a large assembly hall. He envisions annual county events from singing conventions and fairs to school meets and picnics, claiming the project would boost beauty and rural life by as much as 500 percent.
The State of Texas vs Commodore Bullock for the murder of Sheriff L E Morehead at Steep Hollow schoolhouse will be tried in Marlin Falls County at the district court session on a venue change Judge W C Davis granted. Defense counsel Judge W S Dean and W S Barron argued for fairness. Prosecution is led by County Attorney Oak McKenzie and Lamar Bethea. A special venue of 120 men had been summoned for today.
W J Boriskie near College keeps 16 wild ducklings expected to enter the Brazos County Poultry Show for cash prizes. The birds remain wild. shooting or disturbance is prohibited as they grow at the Boriskie poultry farm two miles east of College. A M Jenkins was in Bryan from Normangee last night.
Ta bor school principal W G Colson and wife stay in Iola for summer and travel to Bryan by way of Nava sota due to high water in the Navasota river bottom at Democrat Crossing. Will Barron and T J Mize visit Bryan. Barron swims the crossing. Miss Mary Lou Prinzer of Kurten visits Bryan Tuesday night.
Jos Harding of Corsicana Texas declares Tanlac restored his health after a years long decline. He says at 75 he weighs 180 pounds and has gained ten pounds after five or six bottles, with improved appetite and nerves. He urges others to try Tanlac and notes over 40 million bottles sold.
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