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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
1
The Morris amendment to the Dean law clarifies penalties for liquor manufacture and sale in Texas. It targets sellers and transporters while exempting purchasers under certain conditions, and allows defense based on specified provisions.
Austin reports the Ku Klux Klan made its first official appearance when an unidentified man left a letter with Miss Bessie Magee at the Austin children's home. The letter included a $100 bill to aid dependent children.
Belfast August 31 reports say street fighting of savage character continued last night and today. By mid afternoon the death toll since Monday night reached fourteen with scores wounded and dying.
The Red Cross Shop opens at City Hall on Saturday from 10 a.m. with all-day hours to raise funds for a public health nurse for Brazos county. Specials include gray wool sweaters for children at 2 dollars, surgical cotton in eight pound rolls, a Vicrola and 25 Vic trole records, a Sealey mattress, four chairs, and a dining table, with prices attracting bargain hunters. Mr and Mrs J A Fuchs visited the city from Brazos bottom.
The American Federation of Labor legislative committee issues a sweeping report accusing Congress of conspiring to cause unemployment and blaming it for six million jobless workers. It cites the Sixty-fifth Congress filibuster as the start of a labor deflation and warns Congress to pass public works measures to provide jobs for the idle.
A Tuesday afternoon crash at East 29th street and College avenue left two cars damaged but no injuries reported. A Lexington sedan driven by Harry Pappas of the New York Cafe collided with a Cadillac eight driven by Miss Mae Wilson, causing front axle and fender damage to the Lexington and a rear fender dent to the Cadillac.
Delegates from 20 counties near Houston attend the Southeast Texas Salvation Army annual convention at the Rice Hotel on September 7 with Lieutenant Governor Lynch Davidson presiding. Lt Colonel George Wood and Mrs. Staff-Captain Louis C Bennett address the gathering, highlighting the Army’s rehab work and child protection efforts.
An explosion in the tanks within the hangar at Rockaway point naval air station set ablaze the dirigible balloon D-6 and its hangar. There were no casualties reported.
San Angelo reports slow rains began last night and continued today breaking a two month drought in sections of West Texas with brief relief for farmers and ranchers from the Aug 31 outlook.
Mexia in Limestone County hosts a massive oil event as Desenberg No. 1 starts flow, filling a 1000 barrel tank in under an hour and reaching 12000 barrels daily. Spectators, investors, and major companies converge, with a $200,000 cash acreage deal announced near the well.
Bryan City Manager E. E. McAdams and his wife and daughter completed a two week automobile tour through Cameron Temple Dallas Fort Worth Marlin and other North Texas towns. He used the trip to inspect city plants and gather ideas for Bryan municipal improvements while also speaking on good roads and boys work with Rotarian clubs. He praised Marlin voters for approving a 1 million good roads bond and said he looks forward to resuming duties in Bryan with renewed energy.
At nine o clock Wednesday morning 185 children and many adults attended the Red Cross Story Hour at Carnegie auditorium. Health supervisor praised ongoing benefits and urged weekly attendance. Mrs Harriett Stone and Mrs Grover White filled in for the ill storyteller with two engaging stories. Doris McMahon of Dallas performed songs with Mrs L E Dowd at the piano. The event drew the largest attendance since starting and will continue weekly until schools reopen. Visitors included Mrs W B Bizzell and son Sangster of College Station. Jake Seculla was also noted in city.
Brazos county interests hold 45 000 acres of leases. A strike was reported at 630 feet in a well near Wixon Lake with drilling to 1600 feet satisfactory. Judge W G Taliferro and Maj Ottley weigh in on a Snead drill eight miles west of Calvert showing gas and oil, with oil hoped at 3200 feet. Boone's Prairie well northeast of Calvert halted at 2200 feet for water shortages.
Cincinnati reports Judge James M Beck solicitor general of the United States warned the American Bar Association that revolt against tradition and authority has spread through politics laws music art poetry and commerce. He cited unprecedented crime growth and urged a day of reckoning unless reverence for law returns.
Mrs Allie Gale Burch was granted a divorce from Arthur C. Burch in Lawrence district court. The couple faced a convoluted backdrop linking to the Medalynne Obenchain and J Belton Kennedy killings in Los Angeles. The suit predates the Kennedy murder and cites neglect abandonment and gross neglect as grounds.
Houston report says Dallas and San Antonio clubs closed last night with City of Mexico promoters for a six game series to start the week of September 26. It marks the first inland trek by American teams into Mexico for baseball.
County Agent C. L. Benson reported a sample of the Braves county pecan crop at the Eagle office on Wednesday. He predicted a bumper yield after the 1920 failure, noting the pecans came from a Bryan tree.
Dickinson Aug 31 Announcement that Dr W B Bizzell president of Texas A and M College Annie Webb Blanton state superintendent of education and Walter Poteet from the state farm bureau will speak at the Galveston County Agricultural Fair to be held at Dickinson Oct 18 21. Dr Bizzell will be guest of honor on opening day and Miss Blanton on closing day. Governor Neff attendance unknown.
President W Bizzell travels to Austin after a call from Governor Neff who hints at cutting items in the A and M College appropriation. Bizzell plans to plead for restraint with the blue pencil and expects to return Thursday.
Mexico City reports the Supreme Court enjoined Mexico’s commerce and industry department from denouncing oil lands held by the Texas Company prior to May 1, 1917. The case tests Article 27 and could define its non retroactive interpretation for pre May 1 claims.
The Bryan cotton market opened with a 100 point drop but later recovered 60 points and closed 40 points under Tuesday's basis. Middling basis on the local market stood at 16 cents.
In a dated letter from Chautauqua New York August 27 1921 Madame Patt praises Texas legislators and presses for support of state higher education. She lauds Lee J Rountree Bryan Texas and criticizes ignorance and political interference while urging continued commitment to universities and colleges.
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