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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
4
Five thousand Americans are reported destitute in Mexico. Why don’t they depart that country. The A and M College commencement exercises are in progress this week and will span three days including Sunday.
The article reports President Wilson drafting another note to Germany and also addressing Mexico. It notes German and Austrian forces advancing against Russians, claims Permizel has been retaken, and questions what fruit the emphatic letter will bear, while warning Germany is not Mexico.
The article notes President Wilson weighing drastic moves in Mexico, with a possible army option. Judge A S Walker of Austin announces that all internal revenue taxes including annual and war taxes are payable in Austin by July 1 1915. It also mentions Italy advancing in WWI and speculation on German Austrian focus post Russian defeat. It closes with local candidate chatter in Vallambrosa and Yoakum districts.
Hallettsville again postpones its good roads campaign while awaiting Shiner outcome. In a prior Shiner vote the movement was blocked by opposition votes at Mount Olive, which has now been removed, making passage likely this time.
A letter from industry figures extols Tyler Commercial College Cotton Classing Department in Tyler Texas. The writers praise practical instruction, warn of cotton grading losses, and urge young men to enroll as the program promotes efficient grading and record keeping. Tuition listed as 20 dollars with mail catalog request options.
Court orders a June 29 1915 vote in Lavaca County District Two to issue 150000 in bonds for roads with 5 percent interest over 40 years and a tax to pay interest and a sinking fund. Voters must be property taxpayers in the district and ballots read for or against issuance and taxation. Election to be held at five local sites with named judges and publication notices.
The total scholastic population of Fiatonia, white and colored, is 230, as against Shiner's 353. The article discusses the discrepancy in pupil totals and references the old law or rule guiding school enrollment figures.
The Texas State Ginners association adopted resolutions to contest the new permanent warehouse law. Ginners would be taxed one dollar per gin stand to fund the fight, arguing the industry faces hardship from European war effects and farm tax burdens. President H. L. Quintus warned the crisis may force a bold stance against state law.
A promotional notice extols Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as thoroughly reliable and essential for every family, stressing summer usefulness and urging readers to obtain it widely and without delay.
Oil stock salesmen are abroad in the land and a rock thrown up in this district may hit a candidate. The Texas legislature spent a lot and went out of business last Friday. A daily headline notes Southern Bankers to finance 1915 Cotton Coop. Ex Governors bills remain unpaid and speculation on Tom Ball paying them.
Mrs. Otto Gans of Zanesville Ohio describes four years of stomach trouble and severe weight loss. A friend recommended Chamberlain's Tablets and after using two bottles she recovered and became well again. Obtainable everywhere.
Tom Shandera reports the Moulton Independent School District enrollment at 405, up 13 from last year. Of the pupils 220 are of German parentage, 134 Bohemian, 21 American, 14 Mexican, and 16 are Negro.
A wartime bulletin urges farmers to vary crops and cut costs. It encourages using laborsaving tools, machinery, silos, power engines, choppers, cars, and sewing machines, plus studying crop marketing. It advises consulting bankers and merchants, and boosting livestock and dairy profits.
A miscellany item notes bad roads burden farmers, boosting roads, and the Fourth of July national anthem. It reports governors urged noon singing nationwide, the 34th legislature's first special session adjournment, and counts fifty seven Senate bills and seventy three in the House. It highlights a proposed one million dollar rural school aid bill as key.
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