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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1913
Page
2
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The Sherman business men organize the Red River Valley fair for its first exhibition in November, a move judged beneficial for Sherman and the surrounding territory. Local enrollments surge with 1098 students at the state college and over 1700 in city schools, totaling 3300 plus residents.
Dr Constantin Theodor Dumba, Austria's ambassador, telegraphed from Lennox Massachusetts that he had been ordered home. The State Department will arrange safe conduct without awaiting a formal Austrian notice.
A tropical storm was reported moving slowly north from Mississippi, with shifting gales forecast this afternoon along the Louisiana coast and east to south along the Mississippi Alabama and extreme northwest Florida coasts.
The National Clothiers led by manager A. E. Tabor announces fifteen pant ends from their woolen house and invites inspection for possible purchase at three dollars and fifty cents per pair.
A comically harsh portrait of Hiram Hazy who avoids work while others reap rewards. He dreams of riches, debates military needs, and sits by the post office sparring with words, missing farm labor and a chance at a home, auto, or fountain.
Cotton sold at Grand Prairie for 13 cents per pound Tuesday amid Texas briefs from Dallas and surrounding areas. The roundup notes events in Ballinger Brenham Huntsville Houston and Dallas with brief crime and campus items.
Longview report states Mrs Horace Schmidt sustained serious injuries after an automobile struck the buggy she occupied. The accident details and condition are under local investigation.
Denton notes list two marriage licenses B T Jackson to Lula T Wheeler and J B Stapp to Ida Million. J R Burton, head of the Denton County Baptist association executive committee, urged member churches to donate 500 dollars for county missionary work asking for twenty from each of twenty five churches.
Washington reports a threatening situation near Brownsville with hundreds of armed Mexicans across the Progreso crossing. Col Blocksom says American troops may cross into Mexico if Carranza authorities fail to curb banditry. Poor roads prevent field artillery, so a battery of mounted artillery should move to Mercedes.
Fort Worth jurors have been secured after two days for the sanity hearing of C A Myer who was convicted of killing W A Montague.
Hon. W. B. Featherstone announces he will seek Congress in the Twelfth district regardless of any state redistricting. He emphasizes commitment to public service and outlines his campaign themes and support base.
State departments close and the flag flies at half mast to honor Mrs. Fannie Ferguson mother of Gov. Ferguson who died on Tuesday.
Fort Worth hearings on the defunct Fort Worth Savings Bank and Trust Company resumed before Judge Meek. Arguments hinge on whether the bank was a partnership or a state chartered institution and if bankruptcy via depositor petition is permissible. Witness T. M. Pressley testified the bank operated like others, noting president Bald ridge used funds for loans. Auditors report a loss of $791,308.29, with $364,279.91 tied to the president's overdraft.
Mexican prisoner tells Hidalgo county officers that KR J Johnson head, a U S cavalryman missing since the Progreso fight, has been shown as a trophy on the Mexican side of the river. Dr Blodgett warns cotton fields near Fort Worth show half the bolls dead or used cotton should be picked early and stalks plowed to enrich soil and curb future spores.
Brig. Gen. Marchand sustained serious injuries amid the Champagne district fighting. In Washington, G. A. R. veterans attending the annual reunion were greeted by President Wilson. In Philadelphia, three additional Texas stops for the Liberty Bell tour were set for Hillsboro Bryan Granger and Bartlett.
Washington notes T. S. Gaffney of Munich faced a resignation request by the Department after partisan remarks and reflections on American policies. In Pueblo Colorado authorities dropped embezzlement charges against W. B. Slaughter of Dallas for $20,000 at the Mercantile National Bank, citing lack of state jurisdiction in a national bank matter, with a federal case ongoing.
Constantinople dispatch reports a British transport sunk with almost all crew lost. A Mohammedan engineer aboard the vessel died with the others. only a few crew members escaped.
The Anglo French loan of 500 million dollars is to be raised by a syndicate led from New York at Morgan bonds will be issued to the public at 98 yielding five and a half percent investors. Joint bonds by France and England will be redeemable in five years in cash or convertible into 4 1 2 percent joint bonds to ten to twenty years.
Wichita Falls reports the second trial of Judge FE W Fry on forgery charges involving Young County vouchers. The trial opens with the same evidence as the first proceedings and proceeds in the same manner as before.
New York stock market today saw wild trading with continued spectacular advances in war shares as investors rallied on news and prospects of wartime production and policy.
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