Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 118, Ed. 1 Monday, August 12, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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PRESS
NO. 118
Water in Ohio Fl
»es-
Republican
villa.
Hou»-
Hanging on the walls of State the'scenes where their par-
deal of
is the in-
rommittee*
MARKETS
Cook of Brenham,
of Independence,
of Brenham, trea-
ONE MARRIAGE LICENSE
Hurley, Tumulty Tell of Fees
Rangers Rescue Two From Peak
JOAN BLONDELL
*• •'
■sr—-
A epark fallin* on the roof wa*
little
WEATHER
Texas— Partly cloudy
J
BRING BACK STORY
OF LEGIONS START
SAYS HER PERFECT
ROMANCE IS OVER
plant
plant
commit-
income*
Clark ha«
missionary
Episcopal
Hunting
that you
tender
of In-
the protests.
It lacked jus-
effect that officer*
of the association
and
over
Four deaths and hundreds of thousands of dollars
damage resulted from torrential rains that turned
eastern and southern Ohio into flooded section*.
Levels of many swollen rivers dropped slowly,
allowing high waters to recede from inundated
* \
Deberry
old fashion-
Ernest
the railroad
DENY REPORT THAT MISS CORAL CLARK
ETHIOPIA TO CEDF; WILL ARRIVE HERE
OUTLET TO THE SEA TUESDAY EVENING
Cupid seems to be taking his sum-
mer vacation, according to records
in the county clerk's office, as only
one marriage license was issued last
week. R. D. McClaid and Miss Net-
tie Faye Fowler were the one couple
who secured a license to wed.
the
lu-
the
St.
of
APPROVES BILL TO
REQUIRE BONDS ON
FEDERAL CONTRACT
MR£ II
reveal
administration
the Cons’-itJ-
ad jour ns, was
legislators re-
One year t«o'today middling cot-
ton sold in Brenham for 13.50.
Today’s Price
Brenham middling. 11.35
Houston middling, 11.30
Galveston middling, 11.35
Cottonseed hulls, $10.00
Cottonseed, street price, $25.00.
Cottonseed meal, wholesale, $1.35.
CAtonseed meal, retail, $1.50
SMALL FLUE FIRES
DO LITTLE DAMAGE
Another flue fire occurred Sunday
afternoon at a small cottage near
Hog Branch, occupy I by coto-ed
people. Firemen put out the fire
and damage was vary small.
tory, a group of park rangers crawled down the steep slant of Half
Dome, a granite mountain, where a misstep would have meant a
J.OOO-foot drop to the earth below, and maenad Robert Pate, of
ITALIAN ARMY IS
NOW APPROACHING
ONE MILLION MEN
of the Association
arrangements fur the
and presiiled at the
One of the features of the meet-
ing was an elaborate basket dinner
served in old-fashion picnic style.
Quantities of fried chicken and oth-
er cold meats, salads, sandwiches,
cakes, pies, and other picnic eats,
in ' abundance, with
plenty of lemonade and iced tea.
do ny wonderful
in China tor the
had been grilled by a House com-
it ‘ ? >• _abiM^rprjiJd«n.-gnfc>rxcn»nL..
The Hoover statement, saying that’
President Roosevelt should
“what ghanges this
proposes to make in
tion'* before congress
the major topic as
turned to their desks
Homecoming At Independence Attended By
Great Crowds And Featured By Dedication
Of Rock Belfry To Home The 0U Belt
thronged with great
visitors Sunday, when
annual Homecoming
Miss “Zula Wade, life-long resi-
dent of Washington County, pass-
ed away at a local hospital at nine
o’clock Monday morning, succumb-
ing to injuries received in an auto-
mobile accident about two we*ks
ago. She was 53 years, 3 months,
and 3 days of age.
The deceased was bom in the
**
William Penn community, and was
a member of one of the fine old
pioneer families of this section. Af-
ter finishing school at Union Grove
she attended the Sam Houston State •
Teachers. College at Huntsville,
where she received her permanent
teachers certificate, and for several
years laught school very success-
fully . ■*" .
Surviving relatives are a sister,
Patrick J. Hurley, left, seemtary of war ta th. HoovercabiwC. te^
fled before the senate lobby Investigating
ciated Gas A Electric Co. had paid his law <na $100,000 in thro.
Charley Lockhart's of-
gourd dipper and a ba»e-
.On the dipper
Tieasttre'r
fjee are a
ball bat.
script ion;
" From
Texas—With a wish
have many drinks out of the
of’ happiness.’’
his figpt campaign l-ockhart
and admired a long-handled
East
night and Tuesday.
fire at the Pelf-t earning
.'-rots ti” s’reet from the ice
Monday morn’ng. The blase
quickly extmiptHhed pnd vary
damage wa« done. z
met to take a final vote on the re-
drafted measure. Senator Robinson,
Democrrffo- leader, asserted that
the “revisions materially compli-
cate the situation” and “probably
will cause prolongation of the
•ion."
and reminiscences, with ap-
mu’ical (election*. At
impressive memorial ser-
conductcd by Rev. I) R
ti« F. Fitchsr.
arrive Tuc'day
Fischer will be
of Mil* Clark
Picnic Dinner Enjoyed: Gua Newman Of Houston Elected
President; Judge Alexander Makes Eloquent
Dedicatory Address
At the St Lours caucus the name
of the American Legion was focm-
allv adopted. From the great gath-
ering evolved the inspiring preamble,
to our constitution. There the Le
gion declared that its chief interest
alwtvs would be the rehabilitation
and care of its disabled comrades i
and the widows and orphans of i
these who had made the supreme
sacrifice.
The Paras caucus. in France two j
months before was (he grouping ex-,
pression of the American Expedi-
tionary force. The, St. Lotos caucp«
was the siWe commanding voice
of the entire five million who serv-
ed. That the world mar not foff mt
that St. Louis is the real birthplace
of the American Legion, the site of
the caucus is being dedicated with j Wa>t Texas— Partly cloudy to-
ft brotue tablet to mark it sa a new , night and Tuesday, .lightly cooler
national patriotic ahrins. 'in Panhandle tonight.
Many friends of Miss Coral
Clark, /.who was ’ a teacher in
th' Brenham High School years ago
wil' be glad to learn ‘hat she is
coming to Brenham to spend a.
few days at the guest of Mrs. Net-
$h» is expected to
afternoon, and Mrs.
ghd to have friends
call
T. L. Wilson,
' Washington, Aug. 12. V— Amidst
disagreement over whether Herbert
Hoover seeks fhepresidehtial nomin-
ation, Senator Robinson (Democra-
tic leader), answered the former
president's challenge to the New
Deal today with the declaration that
one administration aim is “to Over-
come the drastic effect, of Hoover
policies.**
By Howard C. Marshall
Austin, Aug. • 12. RA*).—They were
talking in the ofQc# of Bob Barker,
&nate. It's the
the senators be-
de Legislature.
turned upon the
House leaders also criticised
new bill, and senate
dependents, led by Senator Borah
of Idaho," joined
Senator Borah said
' tice and wisdom and it - hits the
little taxpayers at a time .when they
cannot afford it.”
Chairman Doughton oi" the house
ways and means committee,> which
drafted the bill increasing income
taxes only on incomes ’above $50,000,
compared with the finance
tee’, plan to tax all net
over $800 said:
“There has been a good
talk to the effect that the house bill
didn't conform to the President’s
message. The senate bill doesn’t
even strike the trail.’’
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The Capital Jigsaw
opening Texas League game be-
i tween San Antonio and Beaumont.
Thompson, Lockhart was first baiter. Sixty-five
| hundred persons saw the diminutive
the Senator, j Lockhart called out on strikes.
ftreas. An exception to this waa the Muakingum
ris er, which rose steadily at Zanesville, completely , -
submerging the streets, highways and railroads and
almost inundating the bouses in one section of the
dty, as chown above.
•■nts and. grandparents were born,
reared educated, and established
happy homes. Friends met friend,
whom they had not.seen for twenty
years or more, and the occasion was
one. of pleasant memories of tl»e
past.
Rev. George N. Cook, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Brenham
and president
1 ad charge of
Homecoming
sessions- i
A song an<| devotional service
opened thr program, after which the
.annual business session was held
and various matters discussed A
resolution was unanimously adopt-
I
•nd
lend
com-
work
prcially in these threaten the umpire and be hauled
pH the field by Texas Rangers
All part of the fun of opening
Historic old ludependtmce, once i Fxvoto of Houston, formerly of
tbjr^crnter* of Baptist^ education jiiiji ] Ijrfqlytm.,, ,________, - w . —
A senator parsed
Thompson, chairman of
commission, the other day. r
“Mighty hot,' said
mopping his bjpw.
“Yes. siree,” replied
“it sure ' is hot.
committee rooms.
And they both grinned.
Two days of the week Thompson day.
For s'me. years Miss
been
work
-hutch, and has hern loe’atltd at Wu
ton,
may
well
In
saw
gourd dipper- in the office of an
East Texas editor. The .editor pro-
mised. to send hint one if he were
Washington, Aug. 1Z (A’)—The
senate jurdteiary committee today
approved the house bill requiring
federal construction contracts to he
accompanied by performance bond
protecting the United States, and a
payment bond protecting persons |
supplying matrial and labor for con-
struction..
ing months to carry on the
of making necessary repairs and im-
provements on the dmreh. which
will probably be visited by thousands
during the Texas Centennial
Officers were elected for the en-
suing year as follows:
Cus A. Newman of Houston,
president.
Rev. George N.
vice president.
Robertson Blue
secretary.
C. L. Wilkins
surer.
The remainder of the morning
hous was fi'lcd with a most inter-
esting program of ljp.torical sketches,
readings,
nropriate
noon an
vice was
Addis Ababa. Aug. 12 (A*)—The |
report in Paris that Emperor Haile
Selassie had offered to cede a por-
tion of Ethiopia for an outlet ’ to
‘ the sea was officially denied today
hanging ky lhe
ministry of foreign affairs.
Chang, wh re sb» bad M>mf thrilling
experience* She is now enjoying
;a welj-easned !<•»' * of absence, and j
j is visiting various rowits. She will:
i he warm!' we’comed by Brenham
........ , friend*.
HoHvis-ood. Aug 12 <AV-.foan
Blondett. scre-n’s*ar today announc
ed her “perfect tom ince” with Ge-
orge Barns, film ' imerman. was
on the rock* and she would file
spit for divoce on grounds of in-
Rome, Aug 1Z (A>)—Orders issued
today indicated mobilization of
Italian forces of half a million men
for wah maneuvers in Norther Italy
August 24, bringing the total Ital-
ian army t<? a. strength approaching
one million men.
around the tables for a delightful
social hour.
Dedication of |he recently-com-
pleted belfry was the highlight of
the ceremonies of the day. This
rock belfry, designed to harmonise
with the old church, was erected to
house the sweet-toned bell present-
ed'to the church in the early fifties
by Mr*. Nancy Lea, mother of the
wife of General Sam Houston, and
is constructed of rock taken from
the ruins of old Baylor University.
Temple H. Morrow of Dallas,
grandson of General Sam Houston ♦.
and greatgrandson of Mrs. Nancy
Lea. had been appropriately named
to partieipate in thr ceremonies of
laying the corner-sti^|e and dedi-
cating the belfry, but was unable to
be present and Rev. George N.
Cook presided in his place. The '
prayer of dedication was offered by x
Rev. D. R. Pevolo.
Judge R. J. Alexander of Caldwell
delivered the dedicatory address,
which was a master piece of eto-
qufnee and beauty, • paying tribute
to those who had gone before and
stressing the importance of this
momentous - occasion. His talk waa
heard with close and interested at-
tention."^ ' *|
Mrs. W. A. Wood* of Waco,
chairman of the bell committee,
which donated the corner stone and
® . » vr -
copper box, read a beautiful poem
composed for the occasion, and a
song sung at the dedication was
composed by Mrs. Chas F. Hume
of Houston, granddaughter of Mrs.
,Lea Little Madge Thornall of Hous-
ton unveiled the stone, and Mrs.
W. J. Harrell of Waco read an orig-
inal poem.
X
Mingling with old friend* of the
long ago, listening to beautiful misic
and interesting talks, inspecting the
new rock belfry, and strolling over
the historic ground* were diversion*
of the day, and those in charge of
the Homecoming are to be congra-
tulated upon the splendid success
of the celelsration, every detail of
which was well managed.
Among the old-timers who attend- ,
rd the Homecoming . was Judge
Lewis R Bryan of Houston, who
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Eggs. 16c. .
Infertile eggs, 18c.
Fryers, Rhode Island Reds
Plymouth Rocks, weighing not
2 pounds, 15c.
Fryers, com mor. stocks, i0c.
Common hens, 8c to 10c.
Old rooster*, 4c to 5o.
New Potatoe*. 1 %c lb.. •
Country Bacon, 13c.
Country lard, 13c.
Butter. 20c to 28c.
Sour cream butterfat. No. 1. 19c.
Sour cream butterfat, No. 2, 17c.
Sweet cream butterfat, 22c.
Sweet cream butterfat, delivered at
plant, 26c. »
COTTON
ROBINSON REPLIES
| TO HOOVER ATTA||
Mrs. R. A. Hill of Brenham, and ' ON THE NEW DEAL
a brothas, Henry Wade of Math-1 ' •’
sonville, and several other more dis-
tant relatives. Her parents pre-
ceded her to the grave some year*
ago, and she resided alone at the
old Wade family home in the Kuy-
kendall community She was a sweet
and lovable woman and aa earnest
Christian, and many friends will
deeply mourn her death.
Funeral service? will be held at
4:30 p. m.. Tuesday from Ernest
Herman’s Funeral Chapel, with Rev.
George -NvCook, pastor of the First
Baptist church, cfficiating. She will
be hid to '■’S» in the family lot in
the Good Hope Cemetery near Wil-
liam Penn, where her father and
mother and other members of her
family are sleeping th? eternal sleep.
Secretary of the
rallying ground of
tween sessions of
The conversation
old age pension antendmetit, to b«
voted on August 24x Someone said
it would be adopted, another sjjid
it would not. v
It was explained the Federal gov-
ernment woul<f be expected to sup-
ply part of the mom v if the plan
went into effect, although whether
it did was another matter.
“Say,” the question waa
“where is the Federal government elected, but never did.
going to get that money and all the j
other money it ha*( been putting
out?”
4*Where will * it rfer the money!”
ejaculated Sen, Tom Deberry of
Begot a. “You sure are
ed!” z
Later, Lockhart was visited bv
a g-ottp of East Texans, Wilson
among them, and related the inci-
dent. - Wilson promised to send him
the genuine East Texas article,- and cd to the
made good.
The bat autographed by Old Tom j theit best efforts during the
Nees, pitcher, L. C. Powell and oth-
i * , ■
O. i er«. «as presented last April at the
Sixteen years ago, on May 8, 9 and
10, 1919, there assembled in
Schubert-Jefferson Theater at
Louis a remarkable * gathering
freshly discharged soldiers, sailors
and marines, many of them still
clad in the olive drab, blue and
green, which they had so recently
honored. They had come, to day the
firm foundations for the greatest,
patriotic and fraternal organization
in the history of America.
Almost forgotten now is the an-
xiety with which the non«werYic?
population of the nation watched I
those deliberations One great ques-
tion persisted in the minds of civi-
lians. Were their recent heroes in-
fected with the radical thought then
known as Bolshevism, which had en-
gulfed Russia and was 1 ____,w..
heavy over all th# late bclligeren’!
. • ... i • , . r Reliable sources ’ iggest that the (
countries with thP avowed intent of,
■ ■ , ... ... . . > report was an mttg'owth of an old
world revolution? It was with a sigh •
, .. . . . . British offer of t< rr tory to Premier
of rehef that the answer was re-
• •«. u'm. . .• » .. ’Mussolini an offer which was never
ceived. though the reputation of the t
» • . . , , ., . even proposed tn ktftiopia.
Legion was yet to be ea«tahhshcd as y
the most effective national foe of
all interest* subversive to our gov
ernment..
compa’abil* She is asking custody | prob,btr o( a sr„.->ii Hue
of the ccmpk'« son. born t*»\ No-
yember: * -
rtittiieiWTf in Texas and the scene
of many important events in the
early history and development of the
state, was
crowds of
the twelfth
Day was observed by the Indepen-. were served
dence Homecoming Association.
A great gathering, estimated at [ and group* of. friend* gathered
about one thousand. as»embled be- ‘
neafh the majestic old oak trees
that surround the quaint little stone
church where General. Sam
'on worshipped many years
• he church fraught with
uiemoriea for former residents
Impendence and ex student* of Bay-
lor University, . - .
Visitors included large delegations
froiu "Houston, Austin, Dallas, Waco,
Brenham, and other points. Old re-
sidents were out in full force and
were joined bv many of the younger
'eneratiort ^who.„wext^_jntjfrested_in.
Zanesville Made City of
MISS ZULA WADE
HAS PASSED AWAY;
Washington, Aug. 12. (A1)—Rising
tide of protests from Democratic
leaders in both the senate and house
the rewritten tax bill
VOLUME 52
Storm 01 Protests From Democratic
Leaders Greets The Re-Written Tax
Bill Increasing Small Income Taxes
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