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THE ALVIN SUN
1
YOUR HOME PAPER
YOUR HOME PAPER
VOL. 32, NO. 1
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
Lewis.
On
Tuesday. Sept. 2nd,
the
invited.
were exhibited
Since the canning season this
an extended
business
and best entertainment in Alvin this fall.
FRIENDSWOOD.
MUSTANG
the
spent
or
CHAUTAUQUA—12-13-14
Three
four
or
years
Galveston
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OLDEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN BRAZORIA COUNTY
ALVIN, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 1st., 1022
PLUMS
PLUMS
MAYFIELD
EASY
Bowen
splendid
men
manly thing
OF HOUSTON
PASSES AWAY
CIRCULATION
AND RESULTS
.TO
ADVERTISERS
Public School to Be Benefited
In turning over the sale oi the tickets to the Parent- Teachers’
ton Chronicle
Mrs. Saveli has been in Hous-
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Boost the hautawqua.
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CHAUTAUQUA—12-13 14
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CHAUTAUQUA—12 13-14.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Commercial
job printing;
our
SPECIALTY
Jr.,
are
l cream frozen as
| and white mint- were served.
MNIO
FIRST DAY—TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12.
The Coleman Concert Company, headed b Edw trd olenian,
gifted performer on the flute, cornet, piccolo, saxaphone, piano.
SECOND DAY—WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.
The Boston Joy-Makers, Walter Eccles and A!. Pearsall. Har-
mony and humor here travels hand in hand at a
ing much fun mixed with a i
(ALVIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO OPEN MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 11th
F uneral services for Mrs. R. L
Womack, 55 years old, who died*
Monday in a hospital in Houston^
was held at 4 p. m. Tuesday at
the familv residence, 112 Height
Boulevard.
?«ir Womack is survived by
her husband: a son. S. C. Wom-
ack of Houston; a daughter, Mrs..
A. A. Saveli of Alvin ; four sistres-
Mrs. A’. Summers, Mrs. T GL
Miller, Mrs. D. W Butcher, Mrs
Mollie E. Robinson, all of Hous
ton, and a brother, E. M. Bullock
also of Houston.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. F.vander Ammons;
Burial in Hollywood Cemetery -
Pallbearers were S. M. Anderson;
Edward Hanak. Johnnie Rov.eT-
G. W-
to Galveston Saturday.
Mrs. W. P. Boss of Galveston,
who has been visiting relative-,
was called home Saturday on
account of the illness of her
daughter.
Mr. and Mr\ P. \V. Longneck-
er motored to Galveston Satur-
In the early
Sampson had quite
acreage of Burbank
plums on
Alvin,
seasons,
able to determin:
CHAUTAUQUA, SEPTEMBER 12,13,14
Three Big Days. Fourteen Numbers.
< Kristian Science services will
be held every Sunday morning at
11 o'clock in the Grand Theatre,
corner Sealy and Gordon Streets,
. to which tlie public is cordiallv
for the past week and her many
friends extend their sympathy irv
her sad bereavement.
s still open \
e 'P'r-ifher announcetl *n The Sun last week, Alvin is to have a Chau-
tauqua, the first in several years, and the committee has been ad-
vised that the exact date will be September 12. 13, It, instead oi
'the 13th, 14th and 15th, as announce ! last deek W ith the date def-
initely settled the Chautauqua committee, composed of twenty-one
of Alvin's public spirited men, have completed arrangements with
the Parent-Teachers' Association, which will take over the financial
end of the affair and the advance sale of the season tickets will be
in their charge.
Mayfield wou over his opponent..
James E. Ferguson, in Saturday’k
Primary. Kirby boom exploded^
ters spent the week end in Lea-
igue City at the home of Mrs.
Brown's brother, Ray Swartz.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Harvey and
children and F. A. Brown and
Harold Brown were in League
City Sunday.
Dr. L. AV. Dallas of League !
City was here recently.
Recent Alvin visitors were Jess ’
Smith, Mrs. Olive Hadley, Miss L
Winona Hadley, J. C. Garretson!'
In announcing in last week's
Sun the opening of the new bus
line being operated by Much &
Shane from Angleton to Houston
via Alvin «e si wed the leaving
time from Angle ton at 7 a. m. and
Alvin at 8:20 a. m. This was a
mistake on our part and the cor-
rect schedule is leaving Angleton
at 8 a. m. and Hotel Southland
in Alvin at about 8.20 a. m. as
shown in the time table appear-
ing in another section of this is-
sue. This service will no doubt
prove popular as soon as it be-
comes known thruout the terri-
tory traveled.
Miss Ethel Fisher has returned1
home after a week's vacation
|with relatives and friends, in
R. F. Catnpbe 1 went to Austin j Houston.
Wednesday.
Boost the Chautauqua.
'however, is as palatable as any ,|aVj accompanied bv Mrs. AV. I
years r go and since then has pro-A'J the "ell known brands of “
■ ’ * ■ • , full! Grapelade and can be sold at a
from(rheaI)er Price-
asur-: Thie writ
’turned home Tuesday
ays he has had a hare:
work, but is highly
ith the results. He says
hers for this year have all
■signed and will arrive
•o start teaching on the
. day and the staff for the
excelsior trees in the southeast
corner of his block on !
Street. These trees were budded, • £ ,
on Mariana stocks, which not ['^ ory to growers is pretty
only make for heavy production '^od ev.dence that growers will
but probably delay' the blooming . . c .
season somewhat, for these trees ■ IC ea urc
not only fruited well from 1913 toe 1 !“n
1921 but the blooms were never ' <r< *"• i e , r >v
injured bv late spring frost. IP"Vent e,t'ier. ^"7 of,-Se,hng'
i-x • a ■ i * his vear dunner the fruiting sea-
Mr Davis, on the opposite side n ,-f w h . T (
of Sealy street, has two trees1. „ ? . • . .
which have been in heavy bermu- l‘ea"S ,r <et ^as seven to e.ght
da sod since the first year and do,la‘S . Per. busheL U ' h ,
have, fruited «ell for several seas- |chan«ed ”"ces'n ?enfralf' \ d°
ons not see why the local factory
could not afford to pay six cents
per pound for plums or a litt'e
over $3.50 per bushel. Shipping
stock should bring at least $4.00
per bushel Mr. Blair sold all his
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people would do well to hear him.|vo*e 111 a tun-off election ever had.
Come with us, i
thee good.
P. M Murphy, Pastor.
CHRITIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES IN
GRAND THEATRE
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CHAUTAUQUA—12 13-14.
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MRS. C. L. SHAFER ;
ENTERTAINS the.v
since the first year and the sixth
in dense shade where I .„
will not grow was blown over two
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duced only 25 per cent of a
crop. Heretofore the fruit 1
these trees had not been measur-j Thie writer has discussed
ed, but this year (from five and planting this phun with eighteen
one-fourth trees )I sold 1)4 bush-(or twenty business men and far-
els: 2}i bushels were lost totters and city property holders,
birds, and 1 put up 850 ten ounce and every one of them will plant
jars of jan from the remainder ot.r----* r
the fruit, t
have been about nine bushels.
Three or four years ago, i mtei
.—branches from these trees carry-1 ble land
ing dozens oi green fruit were
exhibited at the postoffice. Two-
foot branches carrying about two
dozen fruit. Very little of the
green fruits drop. This year sev-
eral branches about a f
and carrying ten to twelve fully-
developed unblemished fruit
man and son, Charles.
A number
from here attended
Christian Endeavor meeting at
League City Sunday afternoon,)-
which was held in Pierson's , ]
Grove
Mrs. Cora Menefee, home ecoi-
a t - . - - .
clarinet and French horn. He is ably assisted by Miss Luella Kloss
a violinist who plays with exquisite taste, and Miss Ethel Shepard,
who has a beautiful soprano voice and contributes pianologues that
sparkle with fun.
Ellsworth Plumstead: An artist of surprising versatility who
has achieved distinction for his character delineations. His rendi-
tion, “When Uncle Ezra Sang First Bass' has been for years con-
sidered a masterpiece, and his story “The < >ther One W as Booth"
is a classic in its human appeal.
Ulysses G. Lacey, who. as a speaker is not unlike the Abraham
Lincoln type of ruggedness, directness and earnestness.
Afternoon—“Making the Dream Come Trie."
Evening—"The Spirit of the Colonist.”
The Junior Worker in stories for young and old and demon-
stration in organized play.
first year or two. T’
his taxes every year
from sale of fruit from tb“se trees
years and will
plant from 50 to 100 additional
trees this fall.
Jim Hood had a tree of excel-
sior plums which bore several
bushels of fruit in 1900 and was
—blown down bv a hurricane that
fall.
Six trees which I planted on
my place several years ago bore
a paying crop the third yea- alter products displayed
planting and thereafter have car- ” * ""
ried heavy crops. Five of these
Henry Burkhart
week end in Kemah.
Mrs. F. A. Brown and daugh-
spent the week end in Lea-
’Boss.
Miss Emily Longnecker of Gal
veston spent Saturday night and
Sunday with her aunt and uncle
Messrs. R. C. Schock. Erie
Trantow and C. M. Schrader left
last Tuesday for Stratton Ridge.
Arrived, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Zerwekh
Galveston, Charles Zerwekh,
August 24 Mother and son
doing fine.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Zerwekh
and Miss Rose were
visitors last week.
Mrs. Hate and son, Willie, ex-
pect to leave Saturday for their
home in Saratoga, Texas, and
will be accompanied by Misses
Edna Schock and Mildred Karn.
Boost the Chautauqua.
a week thereafter
jams, j
which I made from this plum
[ be seen in the east window
I Davis & Owens store. All the
1 are superfine
flavor except the marmelade,
j which is a by-product of the atn-
trees H-ve been in be'muda sod ber colored jelly this plum makes
; where the red skin is crushed off
bermuda wben seeding. The marmelade,
as palatable as
known brands
in defeating Ed
Superintendent
struction.
In Alvin much interest was
manifested in the election and a
larger rote was cast in the run-
off primary than in the July elec
tion. Throughout the State there
(were many surprises in the nc--
j suits and it was found that where:
I some of the candidates thought-
were the strongest it turngL.'
out they were the weakest.
Kirby Boom Exploded.
During the campaign there
were efforts being made by some
of the old lire politicians to draw
the Hon. John Henry Kirby info
the limelight by inducing hint to
announce that he would be a can-
didate for United States Senator
rorr-
: mug as an inuepenueni uemocrai..
tnony with th" pink theme. I to be supported by the republi
At the close of the game dainty leans, but since the Saturday pri-
refreshments of angel food and mary Mr. Kirby has seen fit to
roses with pink leave veil enough alone and an-
nounces that he will not be a can-
14. Mrs. Paul Jackson received the didate, out instead leaves for Eu-
violinist of' prize for high score. j rope on an extended business,
- r -" I The personnel included the I trip.
tones and delicacy of phrasing that distinguish every real artist. The club members and Mrs Lee B. j
program includes the lighter forms of music, with classic interpre-1 Wellman and Mrs. Dr. Ennis of
MRS. R L WOMACK
body. One of the great
<>f this day is manly
certainly it is a i
i to attend worsh p at God's' house.
f •
some i
Alvin I
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hans and
children of Houston spent Sun- >
day with the Trantow family.
Misses Edna and Gertrude':
. *1
can City, Mr. Willie\Hope motore^
tations. Miss Corinne Moore contributes a series of pianologues Houston,
and impersonations that form a delightful background to the ar- (
tistry of Mr. Fredericks. This company also includes a gifted ac-
companist and vocalist.
Guy M Bingham, educator, traveler and lecturer of unusual |
power:
Afternoon—"The Durable Satisfaction of Life"
Evening—“The Spirit of the Pioneer.”
Do not forget the date, and remember this will be the biggest
; On Monday, September 11th.
j the -Alvin public schools '"
I for the new year and acj
J)reports there\will ’>e
— . || - .W heavy enrolimeiit of i/iipils in the
01 11 nnl-l^,an,mar 'h'partlpienZ and the us
II lliyi.l ua* number in the -High Schoo'
I LU If IU (Prof. Webb, who has been attend-
| ihg the Texas University summer
I course in Austin since the middle
C. W. Benson writes interestingly of June.
on the value of plum growing to night a
the Alvin country. ; s«mmr
I pleas«
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"1 he following article by our fellow beet
townsman, C. W. Benson, the father of ready
the cape jessamine industry in Alvin, lope::
Started nearly thirty years ago lei-W ,.(.ar s as (oIIoWs: Misses Kearn
with the plum giowing industry and -.ie ,» . .. . ,. . ,
information has been secured from '' .1, Rol)\. Manghan. \\ ide-
practica experience and should be of man. 1 lunter, Connell, L. .. . .
interest to all property holders, as the Oats, Rattle and Wall.
writer .-laiius eaongh revenue can be TeacheIs- Institute in Galveston
produced on a tew city lots to pay lar- •
ger net returns than any other crop, in- . . .
eluding figs, jessamines or strawberries,. Brazoria and (>aiveston Counties
but it need not displace any of them, as'Teachers Institute will open in
the fruiting season of the plum is be- Galveston and continue for the
entire week, and all the teacher-
except pepfiers and okra I of Alvin and the entire cotintv
EDITOR. I will attend.
~ 1 In years previous the Alvin
nineties Henry schools have also ranked high
a good size, among the other schools of its
and Botan , class and it is to be expected that
his farm northeast of they will ke* n » the record thi<
They fruited only twoiycars. prOi , ‘ says that in
Mr. Sampson was never all probabilit y the high school
Jetermin - the cause oi' paper. The Clarion, will be issued
failure the he had read exten-phis 'ear the same as last, as it
sively and had quite a little b-.was much appreciated and is a
brary of horticultural books, in-’g()Od work for the students,
eluding a full set of year books cf,
the Gepartment of agriculture, j .
My recollection of this planting showing hne color
from hearsay, is that it embraced -s< ntell s grocery,
about ten acres and cost several
thousand dollars. {year I have had several talks with
This experience together with Adams of the local fig fac
the early efforts at peach planting1 torX» he has sampled the jam
here gave one the impression that ,na(le from this plum and pro-
plums could not be made to fruit j nounces superfine in flavor. He
• for more than two or three years *sa>’s 1ie would be glad to see this
in this locality and consequently Phun extensively planted here
would not pay. Then, too, most an^ make earnest effort to
plums cannot be depended upon encourage extension of the indus-
to bear with any regularity in the tr\- his will be a big help ior it
eastern half ok the country. *s irr possible to avoid some loss
About the vear 1910, however. frcm °\er.r,Pe s,tock 'v.here
Mr. E. C. Webtser planted a few,erS mUSt dePe"d ?n sb,PP,n(?' tThe
. . . . .'price w.nch the local fig factory
lSeal -'bas Pa'd I°r their product the
.. U past few years and which are sat-
lisfactory to growers i
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be fairly treated, but there is al-
ways the feature oi shipping
and I believe that
no confliction to
THIRD DAY—THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14.
The Kirk Frederick Company. Mr. Frederick is a >
international repute. He captivates his audiences by the full, rich,
fnnpc 'inti olirn tbit tlLfinmneli nrtict 1
BAPTIST CHURCH
REVIVAL DRAWING
LARGE ATTENDANCE
The revival meeting at the
Baptist Church continues with
increasing interest and large
crowds are attending and a deep 1
interest is being manifested. A ;
number have professed conver-1
|sion and united with the church
and several were baptized in!
Chocolate Baycti Tuesday after-
noon and others will be baptized I
at the close of the meeting. Last L
Sundav night the service was
somewhat remarkable both from
Association, it is agreed that all money left after the expenses ofi !'le stalit^P°int of attendance ano
the Chautauqua are paid shall go to the association, and every per-i*'.?1Pr,etS.S1'^ness *‘1 the service, and
son in Alvin knows what that means. It means that the public!1 ’e a ent.auce of a large crowd
schools will receive the benefit in more ways than one, ami any one] ° nieP in •' 0<*y- 1 rue, they
acquainted with the membership of the Parent-Teachers' Associa-I' " l.rt, cojni ion men as indi- (
tion knows that spells SUCCESS for the Chautauqua. The price!'''t' ’' ,’llt 1 'e lf'mPany °f them .
of the season tickets will be $2.P0 for adults and $1.00 for school! a |C,'|Uri ' "'?s 'cl? ,rnPress'vc>
children and all others under fifteen years of age, and this price will! a', . |H,i ari ,t’ir;’ •veR°!T,e to >
entitle the ticket holder to three days of the very highest class oi; H >er'! as ‘"^Diduals
entertainment, composed of fourteen individual numbers. The sale! needs '
of the tickets will be started in a few days and it is to be hoped that' an(] ’
the entire citizenship of Alvin will give the Chautauqua their un- ‘
limited support. .'
Outline of the three days' program
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“GRANDPA LERWEKH
j— x let, Jack Worthington,
A. Zerwekh ij- stepping high Wythe and Ed Stoermer.—Houe-
and fancy these/ days, all on ac- ton Chronicle
, , ,, count of the a-ri.val of a grandson, j Mrs. Saveli has been in Hous-
and family and Mrs. A Stutz- Qjarjes Zerwekh Jr., in Galves-'ton at the bedside of her motile"
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of young people \ _.
tlie Union| t|_e Chauta/iqua.
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Mrs. Morrow, sitter of Mrs. D \
■ I. Wilhelm. an<J Miss Ellen Wil-)
helm, who c%me Jc attend the fu- ■
, , vf M.S Lawis last week,!
mmuc demonst.-ator, assisted by ; left Kansas.
U rc 1 z»lx» r,T AH-i ■ nil "1't «
1 hursday.
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J. IL Daugherty
' NEW FORDS IN TOWN.
; I' Judd Whitsun of the Whitson.
^/Motor Company, brought in two-
, new Ford touring cars this week j
pi! qne-iuaii- u'p aii<»
indshileds. They are:/
ons.
Mr. Blair has seven trees on his
home place in bermuda sod after
He has paid i
every year (about $50)|
I fruit at this figure the past three
I years. I paid 12)4 cents per
pound for very inferior plums on
the local market.
Tomorrow (Saturday) and for
a display oi ,
jellies and marmelades Schock and Mitred Karn of Bay
the past three
I neral of Mrs
Mrs. Cede of Alta Loma, held an
all-day meeting at the public 1
school house here last week. An
organization which will be
known as the Friendswood Im-
provement Club was
ironi me remamuer of,some trees tb s fall, the estimated
which I estimated to number aggregating about lOOil
j trees.
I intend to-/plant all the availa-
_.c I....J in block 18 north of my
house on Sealy street, which was
in corn this year, to this plum.
These trees should pay for them-
selves the third year after plant-
ing and thereafter, for at least
foot long eight years should pay all my liv-
unblemished
Mrs. C. L. Shafer entertained;
a delight ail party Fridav '
provides a rich flow of mirth and merriment not alone through hisjment to her bridge chib.
A color scheme of pink and
j white was chosen by the hostess.
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through-
c/ll VllV 1 tliiv VW 1111 Hl V VZ 111 VI • .110'Z tto IX & 1 1 VZ11 vz 1 VZj^ io- 11V 1111 o <1 v1 till. | mv mv i vzvz inc. nil x* v c d l-Z xJ >“.111 l 11 x_
role in creating corned} through his conversations between quaint ers, pads and tallies were in har- ning as
characters. He is a comedian to the manner born.
■ The Chautauqua Director:
Afternoon—“The Storm.”
Evening—"The Spirit of the Patriot."
lively pace, insur- with c . ... 1 v
medley of spirited music. Mr. Eccles afternoon at bei home in compli-
Scotch songs, but as an impersonator he multiples himself until he
seems a whole company embodied in one artist. Paradoxical as
it may seem Mr. Pearsall may be described as a “solo duetist”—‘ Pink roses mingled with ferns
playing the saxophone with one hand while accompanying himself ( clustered in baskets L
on the piano with the other. Also as a tnonologist he fills a dual (out the rooms. Bridge table cov- in the November election by
role in creating comedy through his conversations between quaint ers, pads and tallies were in har- ning as an independent democrat..
last;
/lliv»» * VI Xi WMI ‘MS V j
equipped with one-manl"top and"
J. II Daugherty of the me): ventilated windshileds. They are-./
; chanical department of the \\ est-\^'assJf boats and find ready sale. J
ern Union Telegraph Company, ° ‘
organized, with headquarters at Dallas, is
with Mrs. C. A. Eignees as pres- jn the city,
ident; Mrs. F. L. Harvey, vice-
president, and Mrs. O. K. Bowles i
secretary-treasurer.
Boost the Chautauqua.
doing
preac ling. All
1 he unofficial returns of the
votes cast in the democratic run-
off primary held in the state last
Saturday sh >ws the Hon. Earle
B. Mayfield v ctor over this op-
ponent. i -x-( lovernor James L.
Ferguson, for the position, of
Lnjjed States senator by a. ma-
jority of over iJO.OOO votes.
The campaign, which was oner
of the most sensational ever held
in the State, drew out the largest
we'wiff trV'to'doH"^ ov.e.r votes were cast.
1 \>. Davidson, running
against Bii.ie Mayfield, was
elected Lieutenant Governor.
t . A . Terrell was elected State,
t reasurer against George Garrett
and S. M Marrs was successful
R. Bentley fot
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