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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
4
The American Press Association correspondent urges Moulton area farmers to combat boll weevil infestation. He cites low cotton stock, rising demand, and potential short crops, urging constant cultivation calcium arsenate spraying and boll weevil catchers, sharing a Nordacim example and stressing proactive effort.
O C Haworth, Farm Agent for S A and A P Ry, urges perseverance after discouraging years. He compares effort to a hen scratching for worms, advising others to push forward and work harder. The message centers on resilience in farming endeavors.
The Gonzales County Fair Association is incorporated with capital stock of 10000. A Kansas state school official revoked a teacher certficate for attending a schoolhouse dance. The teacher appeals to the state department for a solution.
Professor W P Horn, a prominent Southern educator and former Houston school head, has been elected president of Southwestern University in Georgetown. He resigned last year to oversee the American school in Mexico City and will begin duties in Georgetown late this month.
The board of trustees contemplates floating a bond issue this summer to fund an annex to the schoolhouse. The project is described as sadly needed and would be authorized by a unanimous vote. The community is urged to support the plan as the pride of the town.
The national World War veterans census authorized by the American Legion is in full swing. Commander G H Kristek of Flatonia Post No 94 calls for ex servicemen from Moulton and vicinity to join and contact him at once. Phone the news to No 99.
County superintendents from Lavaca DeWitt and Gonzales join to form the Tri-County Institute to be held September 4 to 8 in Yoakum Texas. Dr Frank McMurray of Peabody Teachers College Nashville Tenn will conduct the institute and is noted as a leading Southern educator.
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