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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
4
The department of agriculture notes the cotton crop condition on May 25 is 65.5 percent of normal, down from 77.5 percent last year. Anheuser-Busch beer plant under construction in San Louis will employ 2,500 people and run 2,000,000 bottles daily, equal to 140 carloads.
Governor Ferguson designated exemption boards in several counties to review claims for exemption from military service under the conscription act. Each board will assess individual petitions and determine eligibility for exemption under existing guidelines.
Terrific tornadoes swept the Middle Western States last week causing many deaths and injuries with property damage running into the millions.
Local call for energetic commercial association. Business people should band together to build up the town and community. Our town reflects what people make it.
The Moulton Home Auspeicn Club will hold no meetings during the summer months and will resume its work with the start of the next scholastic session. The ladies have contributed greatly to advancing local schools and are appreciated by friends of education in the district.
A call urges every business and professional man in Moulton to join a commercial association. The aim is to unite for town and community advancement, with shared effort to ease workloads and strengthen the town’s prospects, promising gains and no losses.
Nineteen cities including Uvalde Kerrville San Angelo Ballinger Abilene Snyder Haskell Post Lubbock Ralls Plainview Amarillo Sweetwater Sterling City Lockney Floydale Crosbyton and Wichita Falls offer sites for the new college. The final location will be chosen by Governor James H Ferguson Superintendent W F Doughty Commissioner Fred W Davis and Speaker F C Fuller.
G. M. Garren, Texas A&M agronomist, urges late cultivations to conserve soil moisture during midsummer drought. He cites a Smith county field blooming in May, recommends a Y shaped harrow to speed mulch formation, and warns against saying “lay by” for corn in humid regions.
Prof. E. D. Shurter acting director of the University Department of Extension initiates a thrift and savings movement for Texas aimed at creating school savings banks. The effort collaborates with the Texas State Bankers Association and leverages Shurter’s success with the University Interscholastic League to support the plan.
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