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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
4
Bay City reports a rice harvest beginning August 15 with 40 000 acres under cultivation and the crop in fine condition. In Sulphur Springs a farmer gathered 116 crates of plums from twelve trees on one fifth of an acre and sold them for fifty cents per crate.
Exchange clippings note Hon Geo F Burgess in town Tuesday and departing to Washington. An ice cream supper at Lutheran church yard Tuesday netted a neat sum with singing and music. Wm Zappe helped celebrate his father’s birthday in Hallettsville with Rothers Ideal Band providing music. Scouts captain Joe Hughs reports Leslie Merrem and Fred Birkman left Shiner for a San Antonio hike. Superintendent Eilers warns transferring students may force loss of schooling months if moved between districts.
A state convention of prohibitionists will be held in Dallas on August 3 to nominate candidates for state officers. Senator J W Bailey plans retirement to private life next March, a loss to Texas and the country. William Jennings Bryan contributed $1000 to Woodrow Wilson's campaign fund. Progress and cooperation drive city growth, trading in Moulton cited.
The Yorktown business men's club organizes an October agricultural fair to benefit the city and community. San Antonio schedules a Harvest Jubilee from October 19 to 28 replacing the former international fair for ten days.
The text argues politeness and courtesy build a welcoming town image that draws business and investors. It claims strangers are drawn when residents appear friendly and obliging, making a town more appealing to visitors and investors alike.
In the July 27 primary the ticket was decided with Morris Sheppard of Texarkana elected U S senator by about 30 000 votes. O B Colquitt of Tersell won as governor by nearly 59 000. Will H Mayes Brownwood becomes lieutenant governor and W P Tane Fort Worth is comptroller. Others include B F Looney Greenville attorney general by about 4 000, J M Edwards Runnels county treasurer, Ed R Kane San Marcos agriculture commissioner, F M Brasley Bonham superintendent, W D Williams Fort Worth railroad commissioner full term, Earle B Mayfield Meridian short term, T J Brown Sherman chief justice, Nelson Phillips Dallas associate justice long term, W E Hawkins Cameron county short term, A C Prendergast Waco judge court of criminal appeals, Halton W Sumners Dallas and D E Garrett Houston congressmen at large.
Sherman Ladd plants pear trees along a public highway for shade and fruit. Bay City reports cotton yields of three quarters to a bale per acre with 16,060 acres under cultivation and 16 percent long staple. Taylor Building activity totals about 150000 dollars in blocks and residences, with bids for ten business blocks at 80000 dollars. Corpus Christi notes a 275000 dollar sale of 5.66 acres from the Petronila ranch, with plans to plant cotton and other crops.
In Hallettsville Texas the Democratic county convention named forty delegates to the State convention all favorable to Colquitt. The body also endorsed Senators Bailey Culberson Paulus and Representatives Burgess Bagby and Wells of Brownsville was unanimously endorsed for State chairman.
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