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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
5
A circulated petition urges the City Council to call an election to own and operate a city water plant and to install a complete sewer system. The Chamber of Commerce backs the movement, predicting a large vote in 1926 as residents are urged to pay poll taxes and engage in town affairs.
The weekly poll tax receipts are up by only 150 from the previous issue. About 2,000 more eligible residents in the county remain to pay during the next 15 paying days. The legislature is in session and expects contentious political issues, plus upcoming city issues affecting San Saba residents. Community standings show various locales with payments tallied and others lagging.
A deal exceeding 40000 dollars closed last week moving the B. R. Russell ranch, a prominent property south of town, into the ownership of T. A. Murray, City National Bank president. The private terms follow a sale to Campbell and Owens for current lease. The ranch spans 5327 acres of grassland with marble beneath.
Farmers Camp held an officers installation and banquet with Royal Neighbors as guests on Monday night. J Mitch Johnson presided as installing officer, with Louis Speelman as escort. New officers include W V Dean as venerable consul J H Starr adviser E E Hoyt banker Claude Starr escort A Woods trustee Iwan Roberson watchman Wade O Robbins sentry Logan Hardy past consul. The meeting featured loyalty speeches and performances by Mmes Whitt and Dyer, Little Miss Zadora Whitt, Annie Greer, and Mrs Whitt. F P Edwards returned from Temple reporting his wife’s steady progress after an operation. CG L Young, an ACTON contractor, visited the Morrows this week.
Washington reports Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes resigns effective March 4 after four years in the post. Frank B Kellogg of Minnesota, current ambassador to Great Britain, will succeed him and take office promptly. Kellogg formerly a Minnesota senator, and has led U S diplomacy in postwar talks.
Washington reports the House passed an omnibus bill without debate to raise government expenditures by 161,009 dollars annually. It would increase pensions by 10 to 20 dollars monthly for 584 widows of Civil War veterans after June 27, 1925, and add 64 dependent children and 12 previously denied veterans to the pension rolls.
During filming Rex Ingram sought a young Napoleon Bonaparte for a key role. A startling lookalike emerged from the mob of extras. the man named Slavko Vorkapitch was nicknamed Sapaleon by fellow cast and crew for his uncanny resemblance to the famed Corsican youth.
The Chamber of Commerce schedules a Tuesday January 20 membership meeting with banquet and music aimed at boosting the county poultry industry. Tickets are on sale for the event which plans to rally farmers, schools, and local leaders toward a prosperous year amid past bond defeats.
J L Matlock purchases the Mrs M B Mabry property on Flat Branch in Harkeyville through real estate dealer B E Fagg. He resides on the Joe Taylor farm near Richland Creek mouth and will farm both locations this year.
Temple Texas dispatch reports Governor Ma Ferguson issues an order prohibiting interviews by the press until the inauguration. Reporters statewide crowd the scene seeking access and even a glimpse of the inaugural gown, with some threatening to attempt entry.
Tax rules state single filers with net income at least 1000 or gross at least 5000 and joint filers with net at least 2500 or gross at least 5000 must file. Filing runs January 1 to March 15, 1925 with the district collector handling filings. Tax rates include 2 percent on net income over exemptions up to 4000, 4 percent on the next 4000, 6 percent on remaining net income, plus a surtax above 10000. D W Sauer, director for the San Sals Municipal Band, just returned from Fort Worth after a Texas Band Teachers convention praised the event and municipal music efforts.
Pastor McHenry Seal and his congregation held their first service in the new Baptist church last Sunday morning. The church had lost its former house of worship in May 1928 and was without a place of its own for nearly two years. The building, planned as modern in architecture and convenience, is completed above the basement and roofed, with the auditorium and roof still under finishing touches. The membership rejoiced to worship in their own home, praising the Lord for his mercy.
K. K. Brewer of Fairview is an old Southern war veteran who spent Christmas with 24 relatives including 36 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Family members H. B. Hilborn and wife from Mansfield Arkansas, W. M. Blalock and family, C. C. Brewer and family, and F. A. Park and wife attended the dinner, joining long-missed reunions after eleven years.
Chicago January 10 Men’s styles for spring will be more and then some, per members of the International Association of Clothing Designers at their convention. London lavender and delicate gray are favored colors to offset broader shoulders, shorter looser coats, wider trousers, and larger waistlines, reflecting influence from the Prince of Wales and his American visit. The more extreme trendsetters will wear plaited trousers with a one button sack coat and a double breasted vest.
A large San Saba Modern Woodmen and Roy al Neighbors crowd attended the Goldthwaite installation of officers last week. Judge W V Dean officiated with a dignified ceremony in the opera house as W A Smith spoke and Louis Speelman sang. The program ended with a moving portrayal of the Sanatorium at Colorado Springs.
The San Saba County Poultry Association elected C. H. Whitt as president A. Horton as vice president C. A. Harkey as secretary treasurer The executive committee includes George Pool R. T. Lewis T. H. King R. J. Edwards and A. B. Lindsey Honorary members W A Smith and W D Cowan were named unanimously The group thanked the Chamber of Commerce and local professionals for assistance and set December 16 17 18 19 for the 1925 mid winter show.
Rural early 20th century notice calls all users of Hurkeyville and China rural telephone services to a 11 o clock a m meeting in San Saba next Wednesday January 21 to discuss service improvements and current exchange connections with the aim of addressing all questions.
Topeka Kan Jan 11 Warrants will be sworn out charging Governor Johnathan Davis and his son Russell G Davis 28 with soliciting and accepting a bribe of 1250 for a pardon issued Fred W Pullman a former bank president in Lacygne Kansas The charges will be filed before the inauguration as Davis yields his chair and a warrant served after a conference of Shawnee county and state officers
The February 13 program lists speakers from Bend San Saba and Waxahachie on pecan cultivation graftingTopworking and marketing. Topics include pecan campaigns banking attitudes and cold storage. The Growers Committee chaired by D F Moore outlines morning sessions and an evening program forthcoming.
Mrs Annie Whitten Brownwood district manager led the Woodmen Circle installation of officers for the San Saba Circle. Uncle Dick Kolb returned to town after a stroke recovery. Norman Hardy, son of Mr and Mrs Will Hardy, was very ill with illness at his sister’s home. Ed Ragsdale Mullin became the new meat cutter at Morris Grocery, replacing W L Bradford.
In Austin on January 11, the Thirty-Ninth Legislature consideration of removing disqualifications to hold office by former Gov. James E. Ferguson was foreshadowed as T. K. Irwin, Dallas candidate in a three way race for speaker, said he would back such a move. Ferguson welcomed Irwin’s stance and noted relief for him and his family. Also, Errie Carrel of Richland Springs was injured when a hot piece of iron struck his eye while sharpening a plow.
George Nalls departed for Dallas for employment and his brother Noel Nalls has worked at a large Dallas market for years. George has been employed by R. L. Carter in the jail products business locally for the past year.
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