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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1927
Page
4
The notice lists a subscription price of two dollars per year in advance and states renewal terms for a publication entered at the Moulton Texas post office as second class matter on January 7, 1927.
The supreme court ruled that students leaving common school districts to join independent districts must pay tuition after state funds are exhausted. The decision affects every independent district, countering rural trustees who argued transfers could occur without payment.
The Moulton Lutheran Sunday School presented its Christmas program at the church on December 25. Participants delivered their parts well and gifts were distributed after the program. Gifts were donated by Mr and Mrs C Windel and the Christmas tree provided by F T Fehrenkamp and Sons.
Analysts say the Democratic Party is badly dispersed and must rally behind a single strong figure to unite factions. With another presidential election in 1928 looming this year will demand intense party organization and outreach to assemble a cohesive slate.
Texas has about 180000 miles of public roads with 18000 state highways. The lumber industry yields half a billion board feet yearly, hardwood composing 200 million feet. Mineral production totals about 250 million dollars annually, placing Texas fifth in mine product value. Farm crops cover 30 million acres with annual farm output roughly one sixth of Southern states, and farm land totaling about 3 billion dollars against a national 39 billion in farm land value.
The value of all farm property in Texas is three and a half billion dollars versus about fifteen and a half billion dollars for all farm property in seventeen Southern States.
Texas yields minerals on commercial scale with igneous uplifts revealing precious metals and rare gems. Gypsum salt cement materials and building stone are abundant and produced in large quantities across the region.
Petroleum sulphur lignite coal natural gas asphalt and clays rank among leading Texas mineral products according to the report.
Borings for oil have disclosed potash salts in several sections of West Texas and commercial development of potash is probable in a year or two.
A local appeal urges residents to support improvements in Moulton including a better streets program a more reliable waterworks system a sewer system a street sprinkler a tourist camp park and an expanded rural mail route. It stresses loyalty of business leaders who print elsewhere and those who buy groceries away from home and calls for more citizens to join the effort.
A blue X on the first page signals subscription arrears. Prompt payment is requested to support publication and keep service uninterrupted.
The biological survey conducts an intensive campaign targeting blackbirds due to their strong appetite for rice. The bobolink receives investigatory scrutiny as part of the broader wildlife effort.
The Parent-Teacher Association of Dallas calls for a statewide effort to curb cigarette sales to school children. The movement seeks broad support from parents and citizens to back stricter controls and public accountability.
In Austin a single page from the first printed issue of the Gutenberg Bible is housed in the University of Texas library. The page, donated by an anonymous patron, is valued around 1560 dollars and remains legible in Latin with Gothic lettering and ornate capitals.
Dispatches from Berlin report Germany will construct two 46 000 ton vessels for the Hamburg New York run. The ships are expected to be ready for service in about two years.
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