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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1912

Page

8

Texas W C T U Leaders Report Big Year in Texas

The Texas W C T U annual report cites 52 weeks of field work 40 Texas addresses 279 total addresses 105 visited places 100 women meetings and 15 000 to 20 000 miles traveled 475 10 traveling expenses and 510 new members. Mrs Curtis also spoke in Ohio Oklahoma Arkansas and Colorado delivering 25 addresses. The Houston secretary reports 54 new unions and 10 reorganized with 189 unions and 199 membership total in Texas.

Austin Tex Nannie E. Curtis Waco Texas Curtis Ohio Homa Arkansas Colorado W. D. Micholls Houston B. A. Whitley

Sneed Appeal Not Ready For Submission

The J. Beal Sneed habeas corpus appeal will not reach Austin by Wednesday as the record is incomplete. D. W. O'Dell of the prosecution states the record cannot arrive this week.

Austin Tex J. Beal

Straus to preside at Chamber lunch on Shippers Day

D. J. Straus, president of the Jobbers and Manufacturers league, will be toastmaster at the weekly Chamber of Commerce lunch at the Gunter hotel Thursday. The event titled Shippers Day will feature A. H. Halff H. D. Elliott Sam B. Weller and T Weir Labatt, all San Antonio traders. They will discuss freight traffic and the push to organize a freight traffic bureau within the Chamber to aid the city’s shipping interests.

D. J. Straus Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ League Chamber of Commerce Gunter Hotel A. H. Halff H. D. Elliott Sam B. Weller T. Weir Labatt San Antonio

Huff Named Chief Justice Of Seventh Court Of Civil Appeals

Governor announces Judge S. P. Huff of Vernon Wilbarger county to chief justice of the Seventh court of civil appeals at Amarillo. Huff will assume duties several months earlier than planned after James A. Graham’s resignation. Wilbarger county district has no appointed successor yet.

Austin Tex S. P. Huff Vernon Wilbarger County Seventh Court of Civil Appeals Amarillo James A. Graham Huff

Local Societies Schedule Evening Meetings in San Antonio

Daughters of the Confederacy observe Judge John H Reagan birthday at the Travis club. Mrs J Kendrick Collins hosts Pen Women at St. Anthony at 4 pm. Twentieth Century club gathers Maverick hotel at 3 pm. Government Hill Epworth league meets 8 pm Baraca rooms. Harvest Jubilee Woman's dept meets St Anthony hotel at 5 pm. San Antonio section Council of Jewish Women meets at Camden street club house.

Daughters of the Confederacy John H. Reagan Travis Club Government Hill Epworth League Baraca Woman's Department of the St. Anthony Hotel San Antonio The Council Camden Street

Combined Council and Mothers Congress Meet at High School

A joint gathering of the City Council and the Congress of Mothers is set for Thursday afternoon in the high school auditorium. The council meets at 3 30 and the congress at 4 with Mrs Malone Duggan presiding to review summer work and elect delegates to the state convention. A memorial service for the late Mrs Virgie Gibbs McDaniel is planned for Madison Square Presbyterian Church on October 20.

Congress of Mothers Malone Duggan Virgie Gibbs McDaniel Madison Square Presbyterian Church

Miss Ruth Burleson and Marie Burns Return From Austin

Miss Ruth Burleson and Miss Marie Burns have returned from a delightful visit in Austin, sharing stories of their trip and the places they explored.

Ruth Burleson Marie Burns Austin

Pen Women formed at St. Anthony reception

Mrs J Kendrick Collins hosts a reception in the red room of the St Anthony hotel marking the first Pen Women meeting. Notable attendees include author Mrs Alice Calhoun Haynes Baskin. The program centers on an address by Mrs Collins with a reception committee led by Mesdames Solon Stewart and Alice C H Baskin.

J. Kendrick Collins Red Room St. Anthony Hotel Pen Alice Calhoun Haynes Baskin Collins Mesdames Solon Stewart Alice C. H. Baskin

Dallas County Tax Rolls Grow With 1912 Valuation Rise

Dallas County 1912 property valuation totals 118,387,800 up 4,227,480 from 1911. Comptroller's department received rolls yesterday. Other large Texas counties' rolls are still out except Bexar.

Dallas County Austin Tex Comptroller’s Department Bexar

Self Culture Club Holds Inaugural Meeting at President's Home

The Self Culture club held its first meeting at Mrs. R. R. Russell's home. She outlined the year's work, followed by a reception and social hour. Members shared summer experiences, with punch and a two course luncheon. The room featured palms ferns and cut flowers. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as a great alterative and tonic.

The Self Culture Club R. R. Russell

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