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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
4
Lutkin County reports about thirty five cars of peaches potatoes and tomatoes shipped this season with forecasts of a bumper cotton and small grain crop. Dallas has awarded the contract for a sixteen story office building to Adolphus Busch of St Louis at a cost over $750000.
Cato Sells urges Texas Democrats to raise substantial funds for the Wilson Marshall national campaign. He calls for newspaper and publication drives to collect donations with a target of large gifts, while promising a statewide drive for bigger contributions. The missive notes Texas pride and pending presidential victory.
Complete returns from the recent primary election give O. B. Colquitt a majority of 41 486 over W. F. Ramsey.
The state department of agriculture reports that 1,187 bales of cotton were ginned in Texas during July.
Governor Colquitt names Mayor Richard Lyles as superintendent of the Confederate Home at Austin in a formal state appointment.
Austin Texas August 10 the state board of education approved the annual scholastic apportionment of 6.85 per capita based on a scholastic population of 1 019 000. It is the largest apportionment in state history and 5 cents higher than last year. The 1912 13 nine month term should be feasible for most country schools. The funds become available September 1 1912.
In Hallettsville Texas yesterday a fire at the Casper Gerdes gin destroyed almost an entire bale of cotton. The cotton belonged to farmer Frank Kon yicka who lives about one mile north of town. The blaze is said to have started from a match in the cotton. To date 1450 bales have been marketed here with 200 bales brought in and sold yesterday.
Monte Christo area saw nearly ten thousand acres of irrigated land sell for one million dollars. In Waco, the Young Men's Business League offers a twenty thousand dollar bonus to any individual or corporation building a modern hotel to relieve local lodging shortages.
The article laments stagnation in public highways after fifty years of auto and farm equipment advances. It notes ox carts gave way to automobiles while roads remained old, urging action to modernize and build better roads nationwide.
Business men and farmers in El Campo consider building a canning factory to utilize farm produce sent to outside markets. The proposed plant would be funded locally with an investment of about $20,000, aiming to boost the business district and local economy.
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