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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1923
Page
7
Notice posted by Baker Cowsert Moore at 2791p warning against hunting or trespassing with prosecution to follow. Jim Moore signs as caretaker. Also a general land posted notice by M Huffman Winnerman EF in Read Eagle advertisements.
Approximately 600000 pounds of fall clip wool were sold by Schreiner Wool & Mohair Commission Company to Winslow & Company of Boston at a private sale. Prices ranged from 32 to 38 cents. Thirteen cars were shipped Friday and Saturday, with three more loaded Tuesday. Two thirds shipped. rest to follow. Wool from this region shows unusual uniformity and clean clips.
In Austin a group of African American detainees were rounded up by sheriff’s deputies. One man protested he was not a vagrant but a bootlegger, insisting he worked and could not be charged as a wag. The county attorney pressed for details on his occupation.
The speaker claims bootlegging funds his living, while noting bootlegging is illegal and vagrancy may apply to those with no visible means of support. The debate asks whether bootlegging constitutes a lawful visible means of support.
In Southwest Texas ranchers report wild turkeys crowding pastures raising disease fears and urge trapping for relocation. Commissioner W W Boyd and two deputies plan talks with ranch owners, who declined to name them. The item also notes Texas Baptist activity with Sunday schools, assemblies, and extension work across counties.
Texas leads Southern Baptist convention in Sunday School work per annual report by Secretary W P Phillips. Texas accounts for one fifth of normal course awards, one third of standard Sunday Schools, and nearly half of the standard classes in the South.
Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy met Governor Pat M Neff in Austin to discuss national law enforcement as a federal issue while on a state lecture tour. He had breakfast with state officials and praised Governor Pinchot’s push for stricter enforcement before heading to San Antonio then Houston for speeches.
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