Extra Series Sets Record in Bryan Building and Loan Sale
The Fifth Series stock sale for Bryan Building and Loan Association sold 1,875 shares in 1 hour 26 minutes, raising $375,000. Secretary Sam Eberstadt and City National Bank staff coordinated receipts and totals, with a special meeting boosting the issue by 6,126 shares after demand surged. 153 subscribers averaged about $2,457 each, and the deal incurred no cost to the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eberstadt
Bryan Building and Loan
Sam E. Eberstadt
Bryan Chamber of Commerce and Building and Loan Association
M. M. Erskine
City National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Cole
Building and Loan Association
Cole
B. and L
H. O. Boatwright
Wilson Bradley
Robert Armstrong
W. S. Higgs
W. S. Barron
S. E. Eberstadt
Bryan
F. Eberstadt
Coolidge Maintains Lead Over Johnson in South Dakota
Coolidge kept a lead of about 2000 votes over Senator Hiram Johnson in the Republican presidential preference primary as additional returns from the state wide primary in South Dakota were released by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sioux Falls
S. D
Calvin Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
South Dakota
Favorable House Committee report on child labor amendment
The House Judiciary Committee ordered a favorable report today on a resolution proposing a child labor amendment to the constitution. Washington March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
House Judiciary Committee
Contempt Case to Go to Grand Jury Likely Thursday
The contempt case against Harry Sinclair for refusal to answer Senate Oil Committee questions will be presented to the District of Columbia grand jury tomorrow. District Attorney Gordon Atlee Pomerene and Owen Roberts, special government oil counsel, will be asked to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Harry Sinclair
Senate Oil Committee
District of Columbia
Gordon
Atlee Pomerene
Owen Roberts
County To Elect Two Trustees On First Saturday In April
Countywide election set for the first Saturday in April to choose two trustees for districts 1 and 4. District 1 covers Millican south of Bryan, while District 4 includes Bryan and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millican
Bryan
Texas State Prisons Population Report March 21
The Texas state prison population on March 21 stood at 3,849, a slight drop from the prior month as some inmates were released after terms expired. The total includes shipments at Asylum 23, Blakely farm 173, Blue Ridge 239, Clemens 341, Darrington 212, Eastham 374, Ferguson 157, Goree 91, Huntsville 879, Harlem 306, Imperial 381, Ramsey 526, Retrieve 222, Shaw 116, Wynne 160.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Asylum
Blakely
Farm
Blue Ridge
Clemens
Darrington
Eastham
Ferguson
Goree
Huntsville
Harlem
Imperial
Ramsey
Retrieve
Shaw
Wynne
Funeral Services for Mrs Gilmore at Martins Prairie
Funeral services for Mrs T B Gilmore of Bryan were scheduled this afternoon at Martins Prairie. Dr J A Held pastor First Baptist Church assisted in the rites, joined by Mr and Mrs J T Turner and their son and daughter. The body was shipped to Carlos Texas by McCulloch Gordon Co. Mrs Gilmore leaves a son T P Gilmore of Bryan and a brother J T Turner, also of Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B.gilmore
Bryan
Martin's Prairie
Jno. A. Held
First Baptist Church
J. T. Turner
McCulloch-Gordon Company
Carlos
Texas
James Powers Dies at 65 in Kurten
James Powers 65 died Thursday at 1 am at his Kurten home after a lingering illness. He was born in Alabama and lived in Brazos county many years, once operating a Bryan blacksmith shop. Survived by wife Mollie and brother John Powers of Orange. Funeral Friday at 10 am from the home, Rev. C. B. Thompson officiating. burial in Kurten Cemetery. McCulloch-Gordon Co. undertakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Powers
Kurten
Mr. Powers
Alabama
Texas
Brazos County
Bryan
Mollie Powers
John Powers
Orange
Rev
C. B. Thompson
McCulloch-Gordon Company
Mrs S C Jamison Dies in Normangee Texas
Mrs. S C Jamison, about 82, died at her Normangee home early this morning. She leaves children Mrs W S Collard of Bryan, Mrs J B Collard of Fort Worth, Mela Collard of Eastland, and A W George Buck, all of Normangee. Funeral at Normangee Baptist Church Friday with burial at Hopewell Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Jamison
Normangee
Texas
Bryan
Hopewell
Jamison
Plains
Lone Star State
Demonstration farm implements shown with A and M cooperation
Eleven major implement makers join with the Extension Service at A and M College to present field demonstrations of one row walking cultivators riding cultivators and riding planters with fertilizer attachments. Shows set for Teneha Lufkin and Livingston April 22 24 26. Demonstrations aim to prove labor saving and cost effectiveness of modern implements and may reduce prejudice against new equipment. No sales or charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service Department
A. and
M. College
A. W. Buchanan
M. R. Bentley
Teneha
Lufkin
Livingston
Texas
Two Local Women Find Sassafras Returns With Moonshine
Two Bryan residents drove to a county area on Tuesday seeking sassafras roots for tea but found a two-quart jar of moonshine hidden behind bushes along a creek. They brought back the jar and returned to town without the sassafras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Famous bank bandit shot by Sheriff Sanford and deputies
The famous bank thief was killed early today by Sheriff Bob Sanford and a force of deputies. The incident occurred during a confrontation as authorities pursued the fugitive. Further details were not provided in the available report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Sanford
Gun battle ends bandit escape with deputy sheriff killing
Ed Lockhard, a notorious bandit and ex-prisoner, was shot and killed by Sheriff Bob Sanford of Tulsa County and six deputies at the Fred Walker farm six miles west of Perry Oklahoma after being tracked to a house there. He had escaped custody from Mazie jail last October during a bank robbery case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
Ed Lockhard
Bob Sanford
Tulsa County
Fred Walker
Perry
Oklahoma
Lockhard
Mazie
Rotary selects new board at Bryan noon meeting
At the Bryan Rotary Club luncheon a new board of directors for the year was elected. Members named include W. Barron, W. B. Cline, K. Humbert, E. McAdams, D. L. Wilson, S. Moylan Bird, John W. Black. The board will meet tonight to elect officers, with the president taking office May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
J. Ernest Thacker
S. Moylan Bird
Gabe Cazell
Dr. Black
Rotary
Henry Fulgham
Chas. Hillier
Oscar Goolsbee
Marvin Carroll
Allen
Barron
Allen Academy
Rotary Meeting
W. S. Barron
C. L. Benson
C. S. Beckwith
John W. Black
Travis B. Bryan
Wilson Bradley
Jess Casey
Gabe Carell
W. J. Coulter
W. B. Cline
Jess Conlee
E. W. Crenshaw, Jr
Marvin F. Carroll
W. F. Davis
Romney Dansby
Sam E. Eberstadt
E. B. Elliott
W. E. Farmer
W. R. Fairman
J. M. Fountain
E. J. Fountain
H. C. Fulgham
C. E. Griesser
Bill Griffin
C. F. Hillier
Chas. Sosolik
C. C. Todd
M. E. Wallace
D. L. Wilson
Claude Walker
Todd R. White
I. E. Warren
E. E. Yeager
J. T. Leake
Houston
T. B. Roddy
R. B. Brandt
J. J. O'Hara
H. D. Cuykendall
The
Bryan Eagle
Honduran Revolt Leaders Name Fausta D vila Provisional President
In Washington on March 26 a coalition of rival Honduran revolutionary leaders called for order and appointed Fausta D vila as provisional president to lead the country during the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Honduras
Fausta D»vila
Palace Theatre Manager Leaves for Houston Engagement
8 S. R. Simpson, for several months manager of the Palace Theatre in this city, left today with Mrs. Simpson for Houston where he will assume management of a local theatre. He will attend a meeting there and learn which theatre he will head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Simpson
Palace Theatre
Simpson
Houston
Former Champion Tommy Ryan Lectures at Bryan High School
Tommy Ryan the former world middleweight champion spoke at Bryan High School on clean living. He told of his undefeated retirement, demonstrated strength at age 74, and credited a life of abstinence from liquor and tobacco. Born in Williamson County Texas he ran away to join a circus before traveling the country promoting health and discipline to youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Ryan
Bryan
Bryan High School
Ryan
Texas
Williamson County
Rice Brothers Circus
Harper
Secretary Eberstadt to Speak in Palestine and Longview
Sam E. Eberstadt secretary of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce and Bryan Building and Loan Association will travel to Longview Texas to give two or three lectures on his topics on Friday returning to Bryan. He will also stop in Palestine Thursday night en route to Longview to address local audiences. The trip comes at the request of Longview Chamber president Leroy Trice and Palestine interest W Flanagan. Eberstadt has a growing schedule of speaking engagements across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam E. Eberstadt
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce and
Bryan Building and Loan Association
Longview
Texas
Bryan
Leroy Trice
Chamber of Commerce
Jnc. D. Lawrence
Bryan Commercial Body
Eberstadt
Lawrence
W. B. Flanagan
Palestine
Judge Davis Denies New Trial in Hightower Case
Judge W C Davis of the district court refused the motion for a new trial in the Hightower murder case. John Hightower was convicted in the February term for killing his son in law Shep Robertson at the L G depot in Bryan. He received a 15 year sentence and his attorneys F L Henderson and Haynes Bowers of Caldwell said they would appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Davis
John Hightower
Shep Robertson
L G. N. Depot
Bryan
F. L. Henderson
Haynes Bowers
Caldwell
Court of Criminal Appeals At
Austin
Frank Buchanan Lies Death's Door
Mrs A J Buchanan reports from San Angelo that her son Frank Buchanan has fallen gravely ill and doctors hold no hope of recovery. Physicians and nurses provide care as the Buchanans stay by his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Buchanan
San Angelo
E E. McAdams
Frank
Rabid Dog Runs Through Prospect Community
A black and white spotted rabid dog visited Silas Reddings in Prospect early this morning and bit a small puppy. County Superintendent D J McDonald confirms the incident. The dog headed toward the school house before a wire fence stopped it. A boy fired but missed. The animal was last seen heading northwest across the prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Reddings
Prospect Community
D. J. McDonald
Daugherty Held Morally Responsible for Jess Smith Death
Roxie Stinson testifies before the Daugherty Investigating Committee about a 1922 oil deal that yielded 33 million dollars for five men tied to Sinclair interests and Teapot Dome. She says Jess Smith, while close to Attorney General Daugherty, was not admitted to the deal and believes Smith killed himself, with Daugherty morally responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie Stinson
Smith
Daugherty
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Jess Smith
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Woodville School To Get Seven Hundred Insurance
County Superintendent D. J. Mc Donald completed steps for Woodville School district to draw about $700 insurance for the loss of their building by fire on the tenth of this month. Total insurance on building fixtures and equipment was $925, with some fixtures saved from the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. McDonald
Woodville
Marriage Licenses Issued in Brazos County
List of marriage licenses issued in Brazos County since last week per County Clerk A S McSwain. Couples include Earl Y Harpole with Lucile Waters Houston, Galloway with Ar della Mason, Tommie Jones with Janie Williams, Palmer Barnes with Elnora Stewart, Josiah Hightower with Leola Carter, Jose F Valdes with Rita Salasar, Charlie Crawford with Ellen Jackson, Dock Gibson with Irene Caldwell, Pero Duran with Guana Ybara, L T White with Christine Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
A. S. McSwain
Earl Y. Harpole
Lucile Waters
Houston Galloway
Ardella Mason
Tommie Jones
Janie Williams
Palmer Barnes
Elnora Stewart
Josiah Hightower
Leola Carter
Jose F. Valdes
Rita Salasar
Charlie Crawford
Ellen Jackson
Dock Gibson
Irene Caldwell
Pero Duran
Guana Ybara
L. T. White
Christine Williams
New Cars Registered in Brazos County This Week
Only three new cars were registered in Brazos County this week, per County Tax Collector Roy Hudspeth. He notes the first quarter end prompts owners to delay until after the month to save one fourth of the yearly fee. Registered: E. C. Carter, Steeles Store, Gulf Refining Company, Bryan. Blose Mondello, Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos County
Roy Hudspeth
Hudspeth
E. C. Carter
Steeles Store
Gulf Refining Company
Bryan
Blose Mondello
Revision of Freight Rates Favored by Senate Committee
Washington March 26 A resolution proposing a freight rate revision to facilitate shipment of agricultural products at the lowest possible rate was favorably reported today by the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Japanese Steamship Tokufukumaru Sunk After Collision
A Lloyds message from North Foreland says the Tokufukumaru sank near Dungeness after colliding with a German steamer in fog last night. Twenty-three crew members are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Lloyds
North
Foreland
Tokufukumaru
Dungeness
France Withholds Backing for Poincare Bid
French chamber deputies refused to grant the premier a vote of confidence. The government faced opposition as it sought support for Charles Poincare in the political standoff.
Poincare Resigns After Pension Bill Defeat in Chamber
Premier Poincare tendered his resignation after the government pension bill failed by 271 to 164 in the Chamber of Deputies. President Millerand accepted the cabinet's resignation amid the defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Millerand
Elks Club Elected Officers At Bryan Meeting
The Elks Club of Bryan elected Carl Wipprecht Exalted Ruler Ransom Cole Leading Knight J M Lawrence Jr Lecturing Knight Jas Sullivan Loyal Knight Clifford Mitchell Tyler C S Beckwith Secretary and trustees H G Wickes 3 years L A Spell 2 years Roy Stone 1 year at the Wednesday lodge session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elks Club of
Bryan
Carl Wipprecht
Ransom Cole
J. M. Lawrence, Jr
Jas. Sullivan
Clifford Mitchell
Masonic Ritual at A. R. Sutton Funeral
Funeral services for A. R. Sutton aged 49 years 11 months 1 day were held from his late residence Thursday afternoon at 8:30 conducted by Rev. J. J. Tatum. Interment in Bryan City Cemetery with Brazos Union Lodge of Masons service at the grave. Sutton rural mail carrier for Bryan 19 years survives by his wife two sons three brothers and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Sutton
J. J. Tatum
Bryan City
McCullyoch-Gordon Company
Bryan
Eagle Printing Co Elects Officers and Directors
At a stockholders meeting held Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock the Eagle Printing Company elected five directors H. Boatwright E. Fermier C. M. Cole P. A. Tardy and Mrs. Lee J. Rountree. In the subsequent board meeting officers were chosen with Mrs. Lee J. Rountree as president H C Boatwright as vice president P A Tardy as secretary treasurer and C M Cole as assistant secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eagle Printing Company
H. ©. Boatwright
E. J. Fermier
C. M. Cole
P. A. Tardy
Lee J. Rountree
H. C. Boatwright
C. M.cole
Country death rate climbs as birth rate declines
Washington March 26. Census Bureau figures show the nation’s death rate rising to 12.6 per 1000 in the first nine months of 1923, up from 11.8 in 1922, while the birth rate falls to 22.8 from 23.1 per 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
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Coolidge
Johnson
Grand Jury
James Powers
Sassafras
Houston Theatre
Davis
Hightower
Frank Buchanan
Death's
MAD Dog
Prospect
Self
Woodville School
France
Elks Club
Eagle Printing CO
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