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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
2
Fort Worth banks spend on individual and joint advertising totaling about $12 000 annually to explain banking functions to the public. The piece argues banks strengthen communities and that unbanked dollars hinder local prosperity, urging more efficient state penitentiary funding and staffing.
A remark credits Henry Ford of Michigan and Governor Lynch Davidson of Texas with turning defunct railroads into profitable ventures. The statement notes their success and poses that Ford and Davidson are capable executives.
The text blasts those who value efficiency and accuse them of being public enemies. It argues men running their own businesses are better qualified than those in big enterprise who only draw salaries. Railroads, seen as self-sustaining since 1914, allegedly burden the public with costs from wrecking commerce.
Under October 5 1896 Twenty-five Years Ago the Houston Post reports Austin editor Lee J. Rountree of Hays County and a State Democratic Executive Committee member spoke at a rousing Austin Bryan Sewsall club meeting. He defended democracy and praised William J. Bryan Charles A. Culberson and Joseph D. Sayers.
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce board met at 10 o'clock with President Tyler Haswell and Secretary Eberstadt presiding. Members discussed hosting a reception for A M College teachers and local schools on October 6 at Bryan Country Club and considered establishing a Bryan tourist camp, referring the matter to the City Development and Highway Committee. Secretary Eberstadt reported the Tabor Fair arrangements and attendance.
J Will Hall will move to Calvert to manage the Howell and Company branch house. Mrs Hall plans to join him around October 15 and the couple will make Calvert their home. Friends express pride in his promotion and regret at losing him as a local citizen.
The Brazos County Singing Convention gathered at Steep Hollow church on Sunday with nearly a thousand attendees. The gathering featured Rural Church choirs from Brazos Madison and Grimes counties, a visiting quartet, and two young choir leaders, setting the stage for the next session on the first Sunday in May 1922 at Harvey church.
Cleve Buchels of the Shep Clay plantation broke both bones in his right leg between the knee and ankle when he fell from a horse after his spur failed at the Tabor Community Fair rodeo. He was taken to Bryan for medical care as about $50 was raised by rodeo attendees to help him. John C. Vick returned from Llano with two carloads of hogs for Brazos County fattening prospects. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Willis of Waco visit Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Waldrop. Willis and Waldrop are siblings.
Representative Lee J. Rountree urges January session action to fund a $15,000 state topographical survey of Brazos bottom lands in Robertson Brazos Grimes and Burleson counties to guide flood prevention levees and possible reclamation projects with state and federal aid and potential levee districts. Engineer Arthur A. Stiles surveys lower Purgatory in San Marcos to evaluate redirecting flood waters away from town via a levee north of the bluff and reports findings to local officials.
Washington reports that attorney Harry T. Terrell sent to every Senator and Representative a packet of Klan propaganda with a letter praising the organization. The letters claim white Protestants have equal rights to secret orders and deny Klan lawbreaking, while pamphlets accompany the mailings.
A concise recruitment style note urges business men to advertise to remain remembered in tough times. It directs readers to contact Bryan Daily Fagle, issue number 36.
The Brazos County Commissioners Court votes a $100 000 bridge bond election set for Saturday October 29 to retire 46 000 in obligations and fund repair and maintenance of damaged bridges across all county sections. Judge H O Ferguson says funds would serve the entire county and provide long term value with minimal tax burden.
Waco dispatch reports Judge R. B. Cross of Coryell County conducting the examining trial of H. G. Twyman at Gatesville. Justice of the Peace Brown is reported ill.
Dr George F Freeman appointed chief of the division of cotton breeding at Texas Agricultural Experiment Station A and M College arriving from Cairo Egypt to lead a major program. He aims to boost Texas cotton quality and yields, potentially adding tens of millions in annual value and matching a growing global demand.
The old bad road through the Navasota bottoms north of Navasota in Brazos County has been replaced by a 1.6 mile 18 foot wide concrete stretch costing about 45000 dollars. Opened after travel tests, it features wide drainage ditches and strong bankings to withstand Brazos river overflow. The project, done by Brazos County authorities, draws praise from Navasota merchants and visitors who toured the site with the Post.
A three year old boy Hardin Wilson Cadenhead wandered from Mart dinner stop and rode to Bryan on a train unseen. Passengers cared for him with fruit and toys until his sister Miss Tressie Cadenhead arrived from Marlin to take him home.
Secretary of the Navy Denby commends Pharmacist Mate Louis Bruso of Decatur Illinois and Hospital Apprentice Tracy Frank Haly of San Antonio Texas for rescuing Hospital Apprentice Robert Lee Cook from drowning at Sweetwater Lake Colorado on July 17 1911.
The passage discusses evaluating local cotton qualities to identify varieties favored by the trade and producible with efficiency to ensure fair profits despite global competition. Once superior varieties are developed they will be distributed to farmers and seed breeders for further work.
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