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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
2
Bryan Weekly Eagle details postage and subscription rates for Brazos County and outside Texas. Information lists prices for daily and weekly editions, six months and yearly terms, and notes editor Lee J. Rountree as managing editor.
The Mexia Evening News is described as a steady paper with reliable public opinion coverage. A Corsicana Sun Q takes on a culinary theme and Sunshine Joe Webb of the Waco News-Tribune offers a humorous reply about eating greens versus drinking them.
Sam Fryar of the Clarksville Times quips that success in this country comes only with a steady stream of hickory nuts knocking on a person. The remark underscores a blunt, folksy editorial voice.
The Cleburne Enterprise notes Cameron’s produce dealers ship eggs regularly while fryers are in high demand and scarce. It urges Milam County farmers to increase poultry production to relieve shortages.
A British woman writer claims the greatest danger to women comes from men aged 30 to 50, while she adds a counterpoint that women can pose danger to some men aged 1 to 99.
The Houston Post quotes Chauncey Depew at 88 advising moderation in work play meals and drink. The paper questions practicality with options noting limits at two bits per corner and present prices.
Friends of Luther A. Johnson call a 8 o'clock meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to form a local organization. Johnson just returned from the lower counties south of Navarre and reports an encouraging outlook for his congressional candidacy.
Cameron merchants appoint a committee to approve or disprove all advertising schemes offered. The resolution calls for investigating all forms of advertising except in the local papers. The step aims to protect business men from fake promoters and to remove detriment to the home newspapers.
The Cameron Herald notes two kinds of class 1 advertising: newspaper ads and direct mail including circulars and posters to a corrected list. It argues local papers best reach the public since they are more closely read, while big dailies are only scanned and country weeklies are read cover to cover.
A chicken ordinance in Bryan imposes fines from 1 to 10 dollars for chickens running loose on streets or public premises. Violations go to Corporation Court with Mayor Tyler Haswell as the trial judge. The exchange jokes about whether the law targets flappers or actual poultry.
The Bryan city council adopts a chicken ordinance prohibiting running at large and damaging garden beds. The Honey Grove Citizen notes such laws are easy to pass but hard to enforce and warns Bryan officials from Honey Grove's experience.
Local appeal urges all Bryan merchants to place ads in the Bryan Eagle as the town’s best promotional tool surpassing billboards. Businessmen are urged to act on this, with contact via phone number 36.
After a heavy all day rain the Eagle Lake Headlight reports sightings of many fish in shallow grassed areas and ditches. Accounts include catfish over a foot long and numerous buffalo fish from eight inches to eighteen inches, likely washed from ponds and creeks as prairie areas flooded.
The Brazos River rose last week causing extensive damage to state lands in Fort Bend County despite levees from a $700000 drainage and irrigation program. Imperial State Farm at Sugarland must replant 500 acres of corn and 300 acres of cotton. Ramsey, Blakeley, Darrington, and Senior state farms reported flooding and losses in multiple crops and acres.
A tribute to Billdad, Hearne Democrat wing correspondent, commends his journalistic zeal and community spirit. The Dallas Galveston News calls him a joy to editors, noting he writes for the love of neighbors, jokes with readers, praises the worthy, and runs a small, cherished newspaper within a larger one.
The Hearne Democrat lauds Bildad, a prominent Wheelock correspondent, as one of Texas’ best reporters. It notes his modesty, extensive information, and long career while drawing playful reference to Job, Bildad, and Rip Van Winkle in a warm tribute from Hearne sources.
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Thos. C. Ford of Orange visited the Bryan Elks Lodge for an official meeting. He praised the lodge's equipment and headquarters and urged future fraternal and civic work by Bryan Elks. Members Lee J. Rountree D. E. Moore and R. L. Hearn spoke briefly, with notable enthusiasm afterward.
Bryan Carnegie Library receives three major book sets. William De Witt Hyde volumes cover The Fine Arts to Professions, Alfred Bates volumes span drama and opera topics across Europe, and Frank Crane contributes Four Minute Essays. Popular novels include If Winter Comes and The Pride of Palomar, with Main Street and The Squirrel Cage also in demand.
Brazos County District Court will convene on Monday May 8 with grand jurors summoned for opening day and a petit jury summoned for Wednesday May 10. Sheriff L E Morehead furnishes the panel including J M Gordon G W Blanton J M Atkins M P Mims W E Gandy H H Young among many others.
Mr. Ed Hrdlicka, a Route 4 Shi loh neighborhood farmer, left the finest white onions ever grown at the Eagle office. They are duly appreciated and he receives the Eagle's thanks for his thoughtful kindness.
Miss Constance Branbury a student at Bryan schools was a weekend guest of homefolks here in Franklin Texas.
A jubilee event honors longtime members of lodge No. 95 with 53 years of service. Mrs. Lee J. Rounce of Bryan attends as special guest, while V. Vaughan known as Uncle Charlie is celebrated for 25 and 50 year jewels and his roles in Encampment and Canton.
Seventy eight St. Louis businessmen from 34 firms arrived by H T C train at 11 20 Friday in Bryan as part of a Texas tour by the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. They toured local merchants, heard a Main Street concert at 11 30, and distributed souvenirs before departing for Hearne at 12 30.
The Woodville school three miles north of Bryan closed the term with 34 regular attendees from an original 56 pupils. 20 promoted to higher grades and four pupils honored for distinction. All children are of foreign parentage, noted as especially encouraging. Afternoon lessons were suspended for reports and book checks, followed by fruit punch and cake from Mrs. P. A. Tardy.
At First Christian Church in Bryan an all white regalia wearing Klan group delivered a free will offering of 25 to Rev L Swindle during a Sunday evening revival. The note praised Protestant faith and white supremacy while pledging to uphold constitutional rights and traditional values. Rev Swindle expressed thanks and called the event a remarkable memory with no disturbance reported.
President Roger Q. Astin of the Brazos County Purebred Livestock Association seeks a fall live stock show in Bryan in conjunction with the Brazos County Poultry Show. The Eagle advocates the plan, saying it would benefit the county and hopes for strong support from all.
Mr H E Smith of Millican died in Houston Wednesday evening while visiting his daughter Mrs McGregor. He leaves three daughters Miss Buna Mrs Sealy and Mrs McGregor and three sons Walter Silas and Ed Smith. Interment is set for 10 am Saturday in Millican Cemetery.
T W Parker formerly of Brazos County announces for the unexpired term of J H Armstrong in Tom Green County as county superintendent in the Democratic primary. A Sam Houston Normal graduate Parker has taught in Gonzales rural schools and served as high school principal and county superintendent. He resigned after eight and a half years in Brazos County due to family illness and has lived in Tom Green County six years.
Mr and Mrs W A Scott and Mrs Julia Knowles spent Sunday in Bry Fearne as reported by the Democrat.
Allen Richie of Bryan is listed among the dead who died in foreign service in the late World War. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ab Richie of 4 Prospect and was among Brazos County’s first volunteers to give his life in service for the country.
A seven year old boy from the Reliace neighborhood faced a life threatening appendicitis. Red Cross arranged emergency hospital care with Dr Odom and Dr P assisting. The child and mother were brought to the hospital by M B Easters with hospital staff providing full care to save the life.
The Snell Post Veterans met and approved a new 25 cent per member tax for incidentals. New member L E Bailey spoke on the group's purpose. Elected delegates to the Waco World War Veterans state convention include Commander R W Hunnicutt Adjutant A Taylor and L E Bailey, with J T Caffey Southall McCormick and Patterson as alternates. The entertainment committee for next Friday is K C Carpenter W E Bonham Watson E V Hicks G Humason and R B Campbell. New members admitted were R L Hunt Roy B Campbell and U Dardeau.
Millican native H E Smith aged 75 dies at daughter Mrs J A McGregor's Houston home. Remains to be shipped to Millican for Saturday funeral at 10:00 a m. Interment in his hometown. Survived by six children including Annie McGregor and Maud Sealey. Funeral conducted by Rev Thornton A Payne.
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