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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
6
Texas cotton production grew from 330 bales in 1830 to nearly 4.88 million in 1912, with Texas accounting for about one third of U S cotton. The record shows price fluctuations, record highs, and the expansion of acreages through the Civil War and into the early 20th century.
Washington report notes the War Department sent to Congress proposed military appropriations of 106 million dollars, about 10 million more than last year’s figures. Secretary Garrison presented the estimates in a message to the House on Wednesday.
Columbia S C Tuesday Gov Cole L Blease freed one hundred convicts at the State penitentiary and across the state on gangs. The group includes twenty six murder and twenty six manslaughter convictions. One was fully pardoned one sentence commuted and the rest paroled.
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company wins a 25 year franchise from county commissioners to construct a line linking the main line at Eureka with the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio main line between Stella and Lotus Texas.
Yokohama based Japanese Chamber of Commerce asks ministry to establish a direct steamship line between Yokohama and New York. The Panamanian Canal is opened.
Secretary of State Bryan was struck by an acute indigestion attack at the White House and prostrated briefly, causing a temporary halt in activities. The incident prompted medical attention and a quick recovery.
London guests heard Viscount Haldane praise the Monroe doctrine as the American policy of guiding smaller Western Hemisphere nations. He lauded President Wilson as a thinker and moralist and noted U S responsibility to secure good government and fair treatment, while recalling shared Anglo American ties.
Washington Attorney General Mc Reynolds met Thursday with Representative McKellar of Tennessee author of a bill to curb interstate shipments of cold storage products. The Justice Department says it will assist in any congressional investigation.
Texas Longhorns fought hard but were defeated 29 to 7 by Notre Dame on Thursday in Austin. The Catholic team dominated the game with strong defense and efficient scoring, sealing the win late in the contest.
Calhoun Texas reports two cars of new potatoes shipped from Calhoun loaded by planter C M Womack. The consignments were sent to Sellas and San Antonio markets for sale.
The Texas Supreme Court held the land reapprasement act constitutional. Judge Nelson Phillips wrote the opinion stating the act gives forfeiting landowners a remedy to repurchase at a reappraised value within 90 days, and does not violate the constitution. The case involved Frank A. Judkins versus J. T. Robison.
New York report says Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army sailed to England on Wednesday. A drunken man broke through the crowd and tried to shake his hand but Booth restrained police and offered a blessing urging the man to stop drinking and serve God.
Former Nicaragua president Jose Santos Zelaya says his New York detention without bail is a political plot. He claims the arrest stems from the current Nicaraguan president fearing his return to power.
A carload of string beans, the season’s first, was sent from San Benito, Texas. Local express shipments of early winter truck have remained heavy through the past week.
Russ Riley, farmer three miles north of Temple, Texas, achieved two crops of barley in one season from a single planting.
Texas Railroad Commission data show total operating revenue for year ending June 30 1913 at 116 460 375 up from 102 781 530 in 1912. Net income after expenses rose to 17 945 455, enough for 7.8 percent interest on kept capital, but rail lines carry 453 491 343 total indebtedness with 98 733 647 unfunded debt. Three systems alone incur 3 394 973 loss, while remaining lines after interest left 1 793 695 profit.
In Houston, Monta J. Moore was found not guilty on the charge of misapplication of funds from the State Bank and Trust Company after a jury deliberation of under two minutes. This verdict spans the last of several charges, all resulting in acquittals.
Porfirio Torres was found guilty of murdering Ike Hill at Fowlerton on October 25 and sentenced to death. The verdict marks the first death penalty imposed in Atascosa County since its 1856 formation.
William Bayard Hale departed Nogales Arizona on Wednesday bound for Washington to brief President Wilson on his discussions with General Venustiano Carranza leader of the Mexican constitutionalists.
The Montgomery County jail in Conroe Texas is without an occupant for the first time in five years marking a historic shift in local detention.
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