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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1914
Page
16
Police blotter records only four arrests on Saturday from 8 a m to 8 p m marking the quietest such period in months. Charges were described as trivial. Items listed include Grand ball at Highland Social Club and Artzt Music on Sunday May 10.
Scrivner traffic manager of Aransas Harbor Terminal Railway and W E Warrick publisher of Aransas Pass Progress are in San Antonio supporting local deep water harbor growth. Mr. Wolf of Wolf Baking Company heads European visit. humane society notices and social events fill prospects with multiple advs and a court filing notes a ruling in the Corpus Christi matter involving W G Sterrett and C W Gibson.
In a special 4 PM Sunday gathering on May 17 at 610 San Fernando Street Post Commander Nelson Smith hosts Emancipation Day planning with Callloux Post veterans and invited Negro veterans of the Spanish American War.
Miss Bernice Carter state agent in charge of girls club work travels from College Station to Alice for a conference with county agents. Attendees include Mrs. Sarah Kenner Nueces county Mrs. Daisy Frazier Jim Wells county Mrs. Ruth Smith Kleberg county Mrs. May Click Bee county Miss Elizabeth Warren Matagorda county. Carter notes progress despite it being the first year in most counties.
The San Antonio Typographical No 172 memorial services will be held at city cemetery No 4 on Sunday May 31 with a monument unveiling. Flowers will be placed on graves and a choral rendition by Misses Ione White and Lucile Morris. Rev Cullom H Booth will deliver a prayer and sermon, E O Knop will speak on the deceased, and a closing song by White and Morris ends the ceremony. The committee includes E B Nordhaus as chairman Ed Hays and John Sweeney.
Advertisement offers ACTION LARD Is rr Automobile for country trips furnished day or night at half the regular price. Contact Crockett 6025 for details and reservations.
The three orphanages will host their yearly outing from 4 to 7 pm Thursday with street cars chartered to Luna Park. Manager Sinsheimer offers concessions access, marking a long-standing community event. a meeting for organizers is set for Tuesday morning at the Anthony mezzanine parlor. Mothers Congress in Floresville Elects Officers. Floresville hosts the Fifth District Mothers Congress with Mrs. W. B. Toone as president and officers named from Austin, Normanna, Brackettsville, San Antonio, and Hondo.
Delegates from Austin prepare to travel to Temple for the Knights of Pythias grand lodge conclave. G. N. Holton of Lake City No. 172 A B Phelps of Mount Bonnell Lodge 34 and Charles V. Johnson assistant grand keeper of records and seals depart Monday. They aim to bring the 1915 conclave to Austin.
Certified filings with the Texas state board of water engineers show irrigation rights in San Saba county. Names include M. L. Prescott 38 acres W. B. Taft 134 acres J. M. Harkey 65 acres and T. F. Prather 55 acres all from the San Saba River in San Saba county.
In Austin on May 9 the attorney general ruled that a drug store with a registered pharmacist need not have him present at all times. An unregistered pharmacist can sell drugs under general supervision, not direct supervision. Laws must be substantially complied with. Otto Riebe undertaker, 177 North ex Private chapel. Phones 341. Adv.
In Justice Precinct No. 6 Travis County the dry side won 453 to 106 as residents voted today. The precinct includes the villages of Karl Bluff Springs Creedmoor St Elmo Del Valle Garfield and El Roy and has remained dry for years.
Ten jurors in the Medina Valley Irrigation Company v. Albert Reitzer case will tour the Medina dam today in specially provided autos. Led by Chief Deputy John L. Dibrell and Deputy Charles F. Stevens, they will assess submerged land value. a later schedule suggests the trial may stretch into Wednesday or Thursday.
The Carnegie Library added new fiction and non fiction titles last week. Fiction includes works by Gissing G R and Porter Sidney among others. non fiction features LeRoy E E J Bergson New Philosophy and Houghton Chats on Costume.
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