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have been located by
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month decedent had
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laid the foundation of the family
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life 1 r-ry. Lorenz Seidel. W. F. Brown, and
* April 7. for the purpose of - electing
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;. position of. 're:
Labi is It e d t he tr stand n^... .^yj^tJu
business man, liked and es-
PERSONALS
FOLZ
and
ST ’<
Reese
expire
In Arab War
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spent his entire life
MARKET
Nash
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to
been
most attractive in
Hallie
vio-
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DELPHIAN MEETING
British
sidered
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Mr-
Socialist Wins
age.
ir vices
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evenson
16 V
Pr.snlem
who Patrick’, Day in a’manner that could j ferment will be made in the Pbillips-
the vault with acetylene torches. The
auto-
with
is not
>ent came close
to a
latt
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ul
'1ND0W
ALAMO
spent the remainder of her life
She is survived by an only son,
Henry Schomburg of Brenham.
r-How
P •'Hied .-
er' and
Mathis,
of danc-
she has
Then
flight
ishbol MacDonald, daughter of tha
•X-premier of England, was an easy
victor over her rival In the Londoa
•lei-Uon for the office of councillor.
appeared
elaborate
according to Director J. G.
■ who supervised the erection
lege and
thorough
pit
How
furn-
is al-
EP
EYE
M
member of
this section,
in Brenham
entire
The Alpha Delphian Chapter
-meet in regular session Monday
■ -3
Mr.- Her,list was. a
I prominent family. of
e was born and reared
[ending practically his
Hon of his term,, rah as I
of gjiew political, party ?
mt i Yarrell. who
since their roctol
- riday to sped
her parents, Mt.
kenheimer. /;
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4
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keeping with the
multi-millionaires.
-day night.
Quintus Watson of Houston is re-
the
will
CLKfiT
t.HK.
1EATRE
\Y
for he seems I
talent.
herself
and
showed
Fox
nts
Del Rio
Laughlen
SONG-DANCE REVUE
AT SIMON THEATER
BEAUTIFUL SHpW
will
at 3
All
ITNFTFn tTF.M
Miami. Fla. Mar. 17.—The munici-
Miaml.
CI?
■ I he public
PAINTS HIS CAR FOR
ST. PATRICK’S
Giddings
Worth,
EtlB
! o’clock in the Delphian room.
j members arc requested to be present.
but further
surrounding it
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
TO MEET MONDAY
hi our
■CO
i
Mrs. Lucy
Williams.
Mrs. Ed Herbst and Miss
a
w; n.
{MWM
the study of..which
’many years and is now con-
o.ie of the best dancers . in
many friends will be glad to learn of
her improvement.
Mrs. John Astin and
Hanway of Bryan will
here with
Mrs Schomburg, the widow of the
late Benhard Schomburg, who pre-
ceded her to the grave about sixteen
W.
Hoffmann,
bert,
stein
aft'-rnoon, with
the Phillipsburg
and in—■
■■SI
2? J
Farmers
40 miles
of $6,500 1
He believes in preserving
order, and will endeavor, to
precinct quiet and peaceful,
his part towards
lators of the law are justly punished.
started l>» ' the present' board of trtis-
|t<e-. and many patrons of the school
i earnestly hope the entire- board w ill
remain in office until this work is
,I completed. So far as we have heard.
are
from Waco to attend the funeral
Lee Herbst Sunday morning.
Holm
church officiating.
L heard the
L found Mr. Herbst
L wounds in
ktomatic shot
k side.
For the past
ten in bad health, having suffered a
entails much
* bl
atre
day
intr
•r Dof)
Fhe
fire. yfl
with
jherty
BANK AT BERTRAM
ROBBED OF $6500
DURING THE NIGHT
genuine tnovie
Pritchard
in a very beautiful
Oriental dance, and
thorough mistress of the art
ing, to
Dr. I. .1. Marek.
drew
their- terms
three trustees will be
trustees who drew the
>s credited
victor belongs the
Eggs. 20c.
Hens, 13c
j^Tryers’ *<’K^orng •”'• common stock
Fryers, Plymouth Rocks and Rhode
Island Reds, 25c.
Fry ens over 3 lbs. 15c.
Ducks, 10c.
Old Rooster, 5c.
'Turkeys, 20c.
Butter, 20c to 40c
Butter fat, first grade, 40c. '
Butter fat, second grade, 35c.
Sweet Potatoes, 1 1-2 to 2c.
COTTON
flood middling. 19/4)
Strict middling,' 19.50
Mi<ldling. 19.25
Strict low middling. 1K.75
L<>w middling. 18.25
Cotton seed hulls, $12.00
Cotton seed, $32.00
Cotton seed meal, $2.60 per 100 lb.
sack.
Lught to be greatly improved and
L been up town a short time before
L tragedy occurred. His wife was
)t at home, havitijj gone out to At-
hd to some business, and ’when told
’ the . terrible occurrence she was’
rostrated with grief and; the sudden
pck.
law-
keep
and
eittg that all
ed separately ’front the city govern-
ment. the trustees are to be elected
Mrs. John T. I
I '
spend Sunday ■
F. Reid and I
au...
fornia. Hundreds ot bodies
squads ot rescuers.
(International Nawarael)
(>n the streets Saturday m an
mobile pain.tt d a brilliant Irish
with blirck trimmings. This car
exactly a brand new Buick, bitt
I pliant paarde was staged through the
I business .section of the city, and was
..witnessed by the large Saturday
crowd of people who were in town
front various conmmntHett near Bren-
ham; 'I his parade attracted much at-
tentiop^ juid the entire citizenship Is
rejoicing with the Blinn students and
factiljv at the great forward step that
Ifas been taken in the forward march
of educational progress.
on the
cored.
.star of the Houston home talent mo-
vie “lTs Kids Circus." and his Bren-
ham friends thoroughly enjoyed see-
ing him
PRETTY SETTINGS
BUILT FOR THE FOX
FEATURE “PAJAMAS”
they rndr into ^fhe tournament of his-
tory t<> unhorse the forces of mon-
archtai government f
am proud of my descent from this
noble race of people.
When St. Patrick went from
Scotland
C. Becker
hence
April. . and
led. The
< term, b
year, arc B. F. Teague. W. J.
I’. 11 Bosse, and j. L. Chappell.
I* West I exas— I o-night and
Sunday, fair, with little change
•> in temperature.
••• Most of the Texas fruit crop
| •> escaped destruction . by frost to-
iV day, according to reports receiv-
glatb toher ’13. 1841, in
His many. She camc~to Texas In 1885, airplanes and equipment in
sev; | and
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; DE.At II AM) DESTRCC1ION LEFT IX* WAKE' "
one. ten years ago and the other
hand, re-! eight years ago. Since that time she
|made her home with her grandsr>n.
built a complete home, in
York
en-
with
a garden and swimming pool wherein
Miss Burden could entertain scores
aiid will b,
many friends,
Mr. Ripple has
in the community
Is well acquainted with the people,
and made his announcement at the
solicitation of numerous friends. He
believes he is fully qualified to give
first class service, and promises, if
elected, to discharge fhe duties of his
office Io the very best of his ability,
and
bis
do
HAS PASSED AWAY
• AT PHILLIPSBURG
Dorothea Schomburg, aged 87
>a>-ed awav at the home of
jir.
[the h
I friends had noticed Dick buying
Ural cans of green paint recently, and i here
Ltliev knew The reason when lie bios- Dr
voters! of the pre-
and men.
ELECTION CALLED
APRIL 7 TO ELECT
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
At a meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the Brenham Independent
School District. With the president,
B. I'. I <-ague, presiding, a resolution
wjts passed. to hold an election on
1
Iti'm'of the three trustees Whose Olive .Borden’s
I . . . I ‘
terms expire, and in all probability . hide. “Pajamas,”
they wi 1 he re-elected without <»p-!with Fome of the
Ipodti'in, though ot coiir'se any man . t< r <»rs ever designed for a comcdy-
lor w im.m in the district who wishes.
will be the first school election, and
three trustees are to be elected. Trus-
tees arc eketi'd for twoLycarx, tlirec
to be elected one year and four the
next. When the independent school
trus-
shorf
Fink,
short
:. ■
new starring ve-
robbery was discoverer wnen <m
bank opened for business this morn-
ing. There arc no clues.
DAY
Being a loyal son of Erin as well
as a hundred per cent American. ’
Dick Hooper decided to celebrate St.
I* l\
Upon receipt of the letter from
I Mr. Reid, a special Chapel meeting
I was called at. 11:00 o’clock to break
I the good news to the students, who
I in turn were asked to spread the
I news all, over the world. Excitement
ran high and t^c students agreed to
parade at four o'clock this afternoon,
I when a mos£ enthusiastic and trium-
A letter from Mr. J. R.' Reid,
chairman oi the Board of Examiners
CARM0T
>t a prettl
child, the
■ill of »
rtitre of a WB
Hess l0VtL„.tj
.ESOP FAN*!
Night
raction n
’ritchard
Dance I
UE I
falented
■‘"<1. GirLw 1
lathis. Thtrt |
he Majestic
ne week. I
i, and 50c. I
DAY I
ynard I
■N SHOW I
, rider hetw'jl
\uw see l"® I
'Kibl
sol ot all "’J
To tltF Irish land of yore.
He took with him my kinsman
I o that spake infested ■shore, —“
Who helped him rid the people,
Of the serpents deadly sting
Till they crowned him with the
<h l and little «
o her sister, Mia
> r attending tit
seese at Cirjte]
"8 tor their ton'.
Mr. and
Pauline Sallis of Houston are here to
attend the funeral of the late Lee ■
Herbst. • i
Mr and Mrs. Henry H. a Tucker'
expected to arrive this afterdnbn ;
of her I'ramhim. l.d Schomburg of Pit 1
I
lipqptirg, at 12:15 Friday night, death
being due to the. infirmities of , old
Baltimore, and many.
Brenham friends w ill be glad to. learn
ot his rapid improvement.
Dr. J< A. Ferguson and son, Jimmy
Ferguson, of Houston .motored
Brenham tips afternoon to spend the
weijs'-end with Mrs.
M rs.
WEATHER
’ East Texas — To-night, "fair,
’ somewhat warmer except near
Honorary pall-bearers—Egbert Cro-
■r. Alvin Seidel, Dick Hooper, Dr.
Knolle.. Ben Schmid, Oscar
P. J. Lcmni; W’. E. Do-
ll. A. Wood, , Harold Ruben-
Otto Eversberg. ,C. A.DeWare,
Sanders. H.
And elected him their king!
\s one ot his descendants,
W hen St. I’atriek’s day is seen,
III be holding Irisl\ Shamrocks
"And a wcarin’ of the green”!
—Mary Hunt Affleck.
(H-^ hat future President was Gov-
ernor of the Philippines?
_7—Wbat 1 'residents aL Lh<L_<:5Ei!?_
arv rn'-m*
o'clock*, and all member, are urged to , car thev had^ever seen. And it looks
attend Rev. G- C Kincaid will meet mighty nice for a second
with the .ixiets and make a talk Ipainted car, 'hat.
said that
w ‘ante here wuh Co-,
lumhus. and that halt the-army of. the
T'I,yd <above), British
^le.laner In Egypt, 1,
* defensa IraK.
«*P» aw /lrPlanM’ tank" an*(
UaU^n’1 th’ Arab
n»uon<1 Kawa) J
St. Iluclfa. Gcr« Jte, Ria sent- letters- to 46 m«ke«s of
United
States inviting establishment of fac-
tories in Miami. The letters stressed
the climatic, advantages, including ab-
sence of fog, superb transportation
facilities, increasing use of airplanes
here and thought the South and Mi-
ami’s proximity to the expanding
Tustin-American trade.
SOME THOUGHTS ON
„ ST. PATRIfQDAY-
BY MRS. AFFLECK
I These little gatherings lead to
grief, however, for father gets tired
! p.iying the bills and calls for a show-
Miss Borden makes a
t<> Canada, wrecks an
gets the shock of her
when Lawrence Gray
' p|"y shoe kt d anti grieved late Fri- Ihrbst; ami >w<> mothers,
L iitcrnooH at the >;id news of the »H erbst ’ of Brenham and l .d
and t’ragte diath of Robert Lee of Houston. He also leave
i l. whose hodv was found on the other Telatives and hosts o
daring
j airplane, and
| voting life
i j-rinks her for her perversity.
| Gray wins the love of the girl
ii hes a smashing climax which
| togejhcr, new in pictures.
“Pajamas” comes to the Simon
.’Fhcalrc Sunday.
of constable of the Greenvine pre-
cinct, and his announcement will J>e
found in the proper column of this
paper. The announcement is made, of
course, subject, to the action of the
democratic primaries, and Mr. Rip-
ple respectfully solicits the support
and influence of
cinct, both ladies
ectiye
come!^
district was formed the present
tecs drew for the 'long
let nt*,
anil A.
™ „.,l terms,
s at the ro- •
the presidents question games
Prepared by the
National Americanism Commission of
THE AMERICAN LEGION
hirtv m... How many can you answer?
°w who hav” ;°r ”’ore Pfol'le will vote for President this year. Do you
they ar ,tcn our Presidents, how they were elected, what they, did,
‘“rn.' Yom cst renienibered? These games are good fim and good Aftferi*
,ng and old will enjoy and profit by them.
GAME NO. 28.
freed the
Photo shows the remains of the St. Francis Dam as i
. ** iM:l" " • al.ti'i tin- break, luoselng the death-dqal-
a; ‘.'it'e. . r--, i!.( Ct.i'-a 'U>ec valley of (.' ill- I
and the various, numbers were receiv-
ed with heartiest appreciation. *
Some of fhe dear little girls wmo
gave pretty and artistic dances we^t
only three or four years of age, while'
others were sweet sixteen or more,
but all were charming and graceful
dancers, and each dance was beauti-
fully costumed, which added greatly
4o-+lie - effectiveness -erf —the— jierform-
ance. The program showed a variety
of dances., many of which* were ex-1
tremely intricate and difficult,
all were well executed. 'Lite songs
were pretty and catchy, and very
well sung.
Irish, who came to our country in
tree formative period of its history. I
I hey become Americans at once, for
thev had lost hold <>f Scotland, amL
been denied a place in Ireland. Here |
they
altar, the free church, and the public-
school, supplying at a critical time j
mighty . forces of .good government.
The constitution of the United States
was patterned after the standards of
heir church, and the Scotch-Irish in
America have ever been corner
tones in our temples of religion and
patriotism. Led by the sword and
■lorpience of Patrick Henry, they re-
belled against the tyranny _of L'ordd
I
mJ
-1^.1
(■United Press Renert)
Austin. March 17.—The
State Bank, at Bertram,
north of here, was robbed
during the night by ycj
burned .'i hole through the wall of not fail to lie noticed, so lie appeared burg crrnctery
Schnt.'d
nd Plant Grotrtri
drama. :
of | Blvslone
of. Long
G. Wittehecker.
Merton Bryan, Carl Niederauer, Wal-
ter Johnson. Oscar Farley, Ernest
Hermann, J. L. Britton, John Mur-
• coast, tnunuay tair, some
S’ what warmer in south.
-Il'Jl’ii’TL l£ft the United.
k_S.'° a,h"'1 < Peace Conference?
'Vl,at President
‘’Jo the
As?"
UVVha' Presid,
LA-nimutHrtrnn'
Active pall-bearers-’ AILdTF '
Jack Carter, W. E. Traylor.
\\ iese. August, Lindemann.
i Eversberg, Dick K-ilgore, and
fryous break down recently, but was | Rccker
inchmes the following: '
VJiitSs. iHy pleasure and duty' tai, ad- ‘
, ,, . , - ' v**e \ou. that, tjie State Superintend-
tiuerii.ms should . celebrate this i •. :
, i , , ?ent of Puldw Instruction slid on the
•‘I lysh Max. lor we ,ir< imlt’ted I
recommendations ot the'^Sfate
of Examiners,. that Blinn Memorial
College- of' Brenham', Texas, be rank- ■
ed a4* a Junior College "of. the first
class for the session of 1927-1928.”
This is the first important yietpry
won in the effort of Blinn Memorial
College to establish its college work.
spent ;tWo days at the col-
in the city and niade a
inspection of the school and
done. He is very conscien-
tious ip his work and his recommen-
dation therefore means more than
would otherwise be the case.
In his report and recommendation,
Mr. Rei.d makes some very valuable
suggestions which the school will do
its utmost to put into effect. Now
that the school is of college rank, it
should be nim^i easier to get a larger
student body. In fact this rating was
necessary to enlist students close by
who would otherwise have gone to
Decedent was thirty-nine
le, and is survived by his widow. 1
rnterly Miss Emily Sallis; a son. I
■erf Lowe Herbst: his aged moth- |
[ Mrs. Sophia Herbst: two sisters. ■
Finney Clay and *D. C.
'have returned from Fort
and I "here they enjoyed the Fat
! Show and other attractions.
Lockett, one of the judges
deo, Frank r Wood, Otto Baamigart, •
and Jack Pickering, other members [
Ot course to Brenham people the
most interesting mimlmug^was the
Dance, given in a very clev-
realistic manner by John
Third, and his cute little girl
They received a very enthu-
greeting when they appeared;
stage, and were heartily en-
This young man was also the
Ranked 4s First Class
~ Junior College By State
- -- —
was the daughter of John pal aviation department
jpst about as much attention !) [tnrv Bolhorst. ahd was' born Oc- through its director, A. .11. Hccrmah-
tutv. car that ever made
art of a Brenhamite
by all with whom he had) i riiminirr rnn
p relations. He was a pleasant A lANUlUAlL FOR
IfeWrtrin. wrth a genial, hap-1 fANCTARI t
I disposition that- won him many I vvl 1U1 zLDLuu VlFlvEi
pm friends all. of whom have ex- . . ■
toed deepest sorrow that liis life C. H. Ripple, well-known resident
Bold come tp such a tragic and tin- of the Wesley community, has an-
riri- .. i nounced as a candidate for the office
The Benevolent Society will meet
in regular legion the public libr-
Afondav afternoon at 3:00 somed forth in about the greenest two other sons having passed away.
• .... *
8—What was Andrew Johnsons
early political faith?
'9ZlWh7re is~I.incoln ImrtML
Lincoln when he 10—What was the Gadsden Pur-
chase?
ft*** and ^."’’" er‘5 t-i 'hest-Questions Anpear On Page »
® Page bnnlrL^or? rtf p’her nttestions about our Presidents are answered in
0 ha,i arsan«,i . of the United States.” which The American I.e
I4?- *nd hand' ° 'ave delivered to any reader for SIX CENTS to cov
h "Story of ),,"ne£ros*i I* contains the official portnm of*every Fresiden.
mati°n |)Urp,„* J.'f'’’ election and public services. Address, the Haskin In
o- ’ "a*hington, D. C., enclosing six cents in starjjps. ■
L—w , — —— rnnixun i/, i* M ooa
BLINN GETS JUNIOR COLLEGE RATING
Bead At Hi$ Residence
" “ With Shot Gun
k.flwdur'in kiw - Al (■■>•*■ A' -L-^.Sallis, ijc.ith amPofier iH-artfelit ,'svmpa.tliv. t.o
Ubfcupio h.JiTf thy new duplex his bereaved family:.’ < '
K,se recently' <'.•. < ted. for Mr. and - Funeral service’s- w ill l?v held friim
r -^hw-W^ej^heJami^ u*,
Ikin’gtoMr. Hvrbst.si’sImH tinte be- Sundhy. hufniing. wit If, Rev. . C. H
it and hl; told byr tliat h<: wanted to lzake, rector of'St. Peter’s Episcopal'
to sleep. >0 she Idl him and re- church officiating and interne,it will
jntd t0 her.own apartnient. When- be made in the Herbst family lot al
,he hurried b;jck j ITairie Lea cemetery, where hi, fath-
dead with gap- j er and many other relatives arc sleep-
his stomach, ’ami his
gun on the floor by
Dvspile the very cold and disagree-
able weather a large and enthusiastic ,
audience saw and enjoyed the very'
pretty and artistic "Song and Dance |
Revue” given at flit Simon Theater
.Pi^jancmg pi.JJpuston,. ❖ Antvmo wlum. .live. Skies, cleared ♦ bmP-m distr^'l,:
iiu^. A —* ■ • . . I. . .... *
❖ (luring the night anil the brisk ❖
’> north* wind subsided. Fruit in ❖
......... .... <, ,(II- Hl )n. ciccieii
❖ some low places was damaged, ❖ by popukv vote, instead of being ap-
❖ Clear weather prevailed ♦] pointed h|r, the city commissiop, This
❖ Texas Saturday. x 1
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