Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1935 Page: 4 of 4
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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOW PRICES NOW
HANES
SHORTS
VALUES
LENTEN STUDY COURSE
Hanes
SOCIETY
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY A SATURDAY
our
MAIN STRHT
AT WALKER
Men’s Vat Dyed Fancy
Shirts, cellophane wrap-
MACKEREL
2 Tall cans
/and
pro-
THB FRILL IS
THE THING!
the church
any others
welcome.
Now you can buy Hoods,
the moot desirable can-
property val-
the tax rates
go up, but it
opposite has
IN HOUSTON
thss il the Hotel thot mode
famous the 75* DINNER •
SERVED IN YOUR ROOM.
Maine POTATOES
10 Lbs.
“THE RED RIDER’
The th riling chapter-play.
PINK SALMON
Tall can
re-
levy,
taxes
from
SIMON THEATRE
TO-DAY A FRIDAY
Women of St. Peter’s Episcopal
church are reminded of the Lenten
SAMSONBAK
UNION-SUITS $1
(San/oriMrf) *
ALAMO P. T. A. MEETING ’
The Executive committee of the
Alamo P. T. A. met at 2:30 Mon-
day afternoon at the Alamo school,
with Mrs. Neill Amsler, presiding.
Special business was transactedAtid
plans for an Easter party were made
vats footwear. Hygiene
insole. For only
Brimfull PINEAPPLE OEp
3 No. 1 cans
ALAMO STUDY GROUP
The Alamo’SSuuy Grotip met at
3:15 Monday afternoon at the Alamo
school with a good attendance. In
the absence of the leader, Mrs. Walter
Hoile, the study chairman, Mrs. L.
J. Beaumier, conducted the meeting,
discussing the topic “Health for the
School Child.” An interesting round
table discussion followed this talk.
FARM HOME MAKERS
MARKET HAS MOVED
RAILROAD FREIGHT
RECORD BROKEN AT
THE FORD PLANT
Maxwell House Coffee, lb. 29c
Swansdown Cake Flour, 29c
Lipton Tea, >4-lb.........226
Vicks Vaporub a . 25c
Wax Paper, roll 5c
'the report stated, "the very
potential importance of munic-
owned utilities as a source of
receipts for the city.
Children’s White One-
Strap and T-strap Dress
Shoes, flexible leather
□□ EACH
FOR SHUTS
AND SHOOTS
Oth»n,
~ Phone 10
FOR BETTER DRY CLEANING
“MYSTERY
MOUNTAIN”
If you failed to see the open-
ing of this serial be sure and
See it this week.
AW TWO RJUtL COMEDY
MACARONI or -|
SPAGHETTI 3 pkgs. 1UC
means aaJfo"w
t which are rhe room rotes at
the SAN JACINTO
••all the comforts
and conveniences
one could ask for.
• •plus location in
the very heart of
HOUSTON
Rubbing ALCOHOL 1
Pfat ......AW
“THE TRAIL
BEYOND”
James Oliver Curwoods great
novel. A thundering avalanche
of action and thrills A power-
ful drama that will ride straight
into your heart
Ken Maynard
and
Pat Patterson
BIG VALUE SHORTENING
456c
. . . and check us up Stoop
for your shoes, reach for the
light—nothing pinches or
parts 1 Even if you did strain
on the seams, they’re* sewed
too tight to let go. And
Hanes guarantees the dyes
won’t runt
You need shirts with your
shorts. Hanes makes as com-
fortable ones as you ever
pulled over your headt
They’re elastic-knit in a
variety of cool, soft fabrics
u<it across your
chest without a sloppy wrin-
kle. Hanes never hangs like a
bag I See your Hanes dealer
today. P. H. Hanes Knitting
Co., Winston-Salem, N. C.
tee. - .* - •
Members were again reminded that
the next regular meeting would be
hdld jointly with the High School Pa-
rent Teacher Association, Monday
April 22nd, at the High School.
PRUNES, small size, OE.
4 Lbs. AOC
Values 4/ways 7/ie
New York St
You’ll "sit tight” with
Hanes from the first pair
you buy, because you don't
sit tight .... if you get what
we mean! Mister, you’ll never
be seat-bound. That goes for
the crotch too I
Austin, Tex, March 28 —A re-
.cent survey by -the Bureau of Mu-
nicipal Research of the University of
Texas of the revenue system of
Texas cities revealed narrowing mar-
gins of available revenue.
» The survey was of a 10 per cent
systems. Analyaii of utility rseslpti
by municipalities revealed the fol-
lowing per capita amounts ia 1933-
34: Water $5.14; sewer, $1.08; light
and power, $14.13, and gas, $9.16.
“These figures will serve to illus-
trate,'
great
ipally
fiscal
$3411 tn IWI-J! to $».# and M9-9Q
in 1933*34. The decrease was about
18 per cent and 15 per cent,
spectively, from the 1931-32
Per capita collections of
dropped even more sharply:
$19.12 in 1931-32 to $1724 the fol-
lowing year and $15.87 during 1933-
PLAIN DRESSES, cleaned and pressed. SOc
Use our cash and carry system and save.
Get your Spring Needs Cleaned Now
Advance in prices may be seen any day.
ACKER
At New Location
TEXAS CITIES GAS CO., 302 EAST MAIN
SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH
OLD HOMESTEAD COFFEE" >md CAKE SERVED
ORCHESTRA MUSIC
-■^Shwdiana Nd. L91..yid/laave your orders filled.
- ,.Y ”^*>7 THS**
RED & WHITE FLOUR
48 ’1.85
36 Inch White Pique, narrow wale.
White is vary smart.
17c
Beautiful 18-piec« QQ
BRIDGE SETS «7u7V
Pink-Green-Amber
BULK COCOANUT -I Q
Lb. Pkg ♦ IwV
warm weather fabric, crisp
lOc
BLACKBERRIES or Cherries
2 25c
Away with, severe
necklines I 'Frame
your face with a
foam of flattering
feminine frills^
Size 14
Color: Mabe
Also other new
Peter Pan Dresses
Metrc*Goldwyn
Presents
Clark Gable
Constance Bennett
and
Billie Burke
TRACTOR BIDS WANTED
By order of the commissioners
court of Washington. County, Texas,
notice is hereby given that said court
will let a contract on the 8th day of
April, 1935, at the court house in
Brenham, Texas, for the purchase of
one 46 or 50 crawler type tractor,
and one 10-ft. grader for precinct 3.
the church at four o'clock FrYday af-
ternoon. All women of
are urged to. attend, and
who care to come will be
STOKELY KRAUT, -| fl
No. 2>/> Can 1UC
won’t cut
you in half!
REX THEATRE
Friday A Saturday
John Wayne
A Big Story
In One Word
Clean Out
Kidney Poisons
VmS Oat Tmt IS Mm Of EMaay Mm
for said grad>,>d trac-
wgl be received
and must be filed with Trains PfifltlpS,"
County Clerk, at Brenham, Texas, on
or before 9 o’clock A. M., on the 8th
day of April, 1935. A certified check
for at least five per cent of the bid
must accompany same.
Sam D. W. Low,
“AFTER OFFICE
HOURS”
You’ll get the thrills and laughs
of a lifetime when you see
Clark and Connie match wits
and lips in 1935’a gayest roman-
tic comedy. Every second
crammed with fun and excite-
ment. The story of a man who
had a way with women that
was his way. •
' NOVELTY
POPEYE CARTOON,
NEWS
Prices 10, 15 and 35c.
SATURDAY
of the cities
the utility
cent of gross
that source.
3mp the ^er-
clinlng 11 and 14 per cent, respect*
ively, from preceding years.
Wide variance was reported in
Ratios of ad valorem tax receipts to
total receipts of cities, “partly if
not largely because some localities
receive considerable monetary col-
lections from municipally owned util-
ities while others possess no such
enterprises from which to obtain
receipts."
Orange, a municipality owning no
utilities, derived 95 per cent of total
Z. YR> -Xh^jiroperty axt
the survey showed, while Austin,
owing to its electric, water and
sewer systems, obtained slightly less
than 32 per cent from the ad valor-
em tax.
As receipts dwindled tax levies
likewise dropped. Average per cap-
ita levies, including school taxes lev-
ied by municipalities, dropped from
The Farm-Home Makers Market
has moved to the Texas Cities Gas
Company office, on East Main
Street, where the market will be con-
ducted in the future. An opening will
be held at the new location Saturday,
■when there wil be musid and re-
freshments, announces Mrs. H. L.
Zschappel, manager. The public is
cordially invited to attend and see
what these ladies have to sell.
Ladies’ Two-Piece Linene
Suits, in fashions that are
right. Now
$1.95
Ladies’ Wash Frocks
Style in every dress, fast color,
organdie trim.
33c
“It would seem that during a peri
od of depression when
uations are decreasing
would remain stable or
is significant that the
■Ma&rA--cast* " " ~
eluded in the survey,” the report
states. For the three-year period
rates in home rule cities dropped
$194 and in municipalities of less
than 5,000 population $1.32 for 1931-
33 to $1.29 in 1933-34.
Average current delinquency
ranged from 28 to 32 per cent with
smaller towns reporting greater de-
linquetwies than larger ones. '
Dallas, for example, had current
annual delinquency of about IS per
a ion reported 40 per cent or more.
Eighty-six per cent
surveyed had entered
field, in which 40 per
i£cn?ed_ from
F6r-ow-thTrtf*tfr
to 50.
"’Ninety-two per cent owned sewer
systems; 86 per cent, water systems;
less than 10 per cent, electric sys-
Unfc . economic conditions
"exerted their inevitable influence on
the financial receipts of cities," the
survey revealed. A steady decline
of receipts in the past three years
was reported. Per capita receipts in
1931-1932 were $30.67; in 1932-33,
$2741, and in 1933-34, $26 40, de-
HBMB MABOM BbAM
The Home Makers Class of
First Baptist Church will meet with
Mrs. Kirk Dillon at three o’clock
Friday afternoon tor a social ses-
sion. All members of the class are
cordially invited to attend-
Men's & Young Men’s
Pre-shrunk Summer
Pants
Separate, sturdy waist band, adjust-
able outlet, in nub twill and suiting.
98c
“LOTTERY LOVER”
A roistering crew of gay cadets
who cast lots to woo.a pretty
-*at. Three brilliant stars in a
gay ’ it5?f YiTIovV IhrrTtr—U
music.
Buck Jones
plement its fleet of twelve locomo-
tives which are In service in the
Rouge plant yards.
January freight traffic in the Rouge
plan^ yards totaled 27,000 cars, or
more than 16 per cent greater than
the volume in any other January in
Rouge plant history. The previous
top record for the month was 23,000
cars in January, 1930. The January
volume was within 2,000 cars of the
previous <?all-time record.
Another new record in volume was
set February 20 when there were
3,029 carl on the track in the Rouge
plant yards at 8 a. m., with 500 ad-
ditional cars waiting at Flat Rock,
Mich., to come in. The yards have
92 miles of track and normal capaci-
The unusual voiime of freight*-nr
movement in and out of the Rouge
plant is accounted for by
month’s production schedule
preparations for an increase in
duction in March. Production
February was originally planned to
total 130,000 Ford V-8 cars and
trucks.
-------—
Dearborn, Mich., March 28. (A*)
All existing records for movement of
railroad freight through the great
Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Com-
many were broken in February, it
was disclosed today at the company’s
home offices here.
Movement of freight into and out
of the plant during the month ex-
ceeded 30,000 cars, "which was grtat-
~er^ffiyr:TkF;^eSn6fiW~~ngafd mre-
ment *7n "April* *1458*’''-■ Jae-JRre'
during February was the more re-
markable when it is considered that
February was a short month.
In order to handle the unusual
-traffic—itrjlume,* Foxd.Jound it neces-
MIm Marguerite Pflgghaupt ia at
home for the mid-term vacation from
Denton, where she is a student -at
C. I. A., the State College for Wo-
men.
Mrs H. J. Bethke of Dallas is here
for a visit to relatives.
N. W. Bendy, formerly with the
Double Dip, left yesterday for Hous-
ton, where he has an excellent po-
sition. His wife and baby will join
him there in the near future.
- ~ -Elntes 2ft*tfc—* n eixs ■
Christine Gogolin are expected to ar-
rive this evening from Huntsville,
.—z .re students at th*
Houston State Teachers College, to
spend the mid-term vacation at home.
Savitall & Sanitary Markets
PHONE 880
. Gasper gou, 1 Lb....
i nil Buffalo. i
f< I \ H Red, 1 Lb
c*- i A iUr A JU ( Trout—Snapper—
____________ V Catfiah, 1 Lb. ..
Homemade Liver Sausage,
Homemade Bologna, 2 Lbs
Pork Ribs, (shipped in), 1 Lb.
Good Cured Hams, (home smoked) 1 Lb.
Decker’s Picnic Hams,
Decker’s Boston Butts, 1 Lb.
For Dutch Lunch w; suggest—
^Pickled Pigs Feet, 1 Lb.
Homemade bi^od Sausage, i Db. . .ri
Home-Boiled Ham, 1 Lb.
Milwaukee Liver Sausage, 1 Lb.. .'. ■
* Dried Beef—Baketf Loafs “
AllJGnds of Cheese and Lunch. Meats Eyeryday
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Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1935, newspaper, March 28, 1935; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1173386/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.