The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 120, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1915 Page: 2 of 4
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TTTR IfflYAN DAILY EAGLE
THURSDAY MAY 20. IMS.
DAILY EACIE
AND PILOT.
Published Every Day Except Sunday
y THE EAGLE PRINTING CO. . j
MEMIEROFAtOCIATEDPRES8. j
BUCHANAN....
U. E. WALLACE....
Editor!
...Manager
' altered aTseconiRlaas matter Apr!)
tS. 1910 at the postofflce at Bryan
Tnu under tha act of March S 1879.
Rate of Subscription.
On Month S .40
Three Mentha 1.00
One Tear 4.00
Advertising ratet en application.
Subscribers will confer a taTor on
tha management by telephoning the
ftke promptly when carriers fall to
deliver the paper or when change of
residence ocean. '
THE KEELER.
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Coolness and
Comfort
SUMMER comfort means
a whole lot to the busy
active hustling man.
We can 30 a long way
toward helping you get it
with a line of men's furnish-
ings selected for their cool
comfortable wearing qualities.
We have made a special
study of summer underwear
requirements and can meet
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sleevelets and short sleeve
knee and three-quarter lengths.
A. M. WALDROP
& CO.
A reader out at Cranbury writes In
to Inquire It State Press knows what
a "heeler" Is or was a .d If 8. P. ever
had to wash his feet in one when he
was half asleep at early bedtime after
having gone barefooted all day. It Is
an embarrassing question for in or-
der to be truthful State Press Is com-
pelled to confess that he doesn't know
what a heeler is. During S. P. 'a foot-
ashing days the vessel which wss
mostly utilized for his nether ablu-
tlona was called a "noggin." Probably
It waa of the same ethnology as the
"heeler" as It wss certainly related
to the "piggln." The noggin was a
little tub made of wooden staves with
two Iron bands. It bad a long stave
at either side and a finger hole cut
la each. One of the unwritten laws
that governed the home In which 8.
P. waa raised waa to the effect that
the noggin must never be left ouslde
In the sunshine without water In It.
And although he now confesses It
with shame 8. P. waa not always care-
ful to live up to the letter of that un-
written statute. In fart he recalls
that he was distinctly glad on one
occasion when the noggin fell Into
ruin under the hot breath of a sum-
mer day. Somebody had left the nog-
gin exposed waterlens and the
ahrlnkage loosened the Iron bands.
7 I k7 . w The Store for Values In Men's
resulting debris took on the form of .
.11 ... .. . I it cut.
uisaaier. i litre wan u court 01 in-
quiry the responsibility was discuss-
ed precedents were gone over and
farts established but the blame
could not be definitely placed and S.
P. slipped oft to bed with his pedals
unsanitized. He was supposed to have
employed the horse trough as a sub-
stitute but he didn't. Was the
"keeler" anything like a horse
trough? State Pres.
The old "foot keeler" waa nothing
like a horse trough but it and the
"noggin" you speak of were one and
the same thing built on precisely the
same plana and specifications. These
things that you write about like the
toy soldiers of Little Floy llltie. have
long been covered by the dust of
ages and the mention of them carrion
ua bark to the days of childhood to
the o!d oaken bucket the orchard the
meadow and every loved spot our In-
fancy knew.
After all most of us are only coun-
try people moved to town and deep
down In our hearts our treasure trove
especlnlly those of us upon whose
heads the snow Is fulling Is the recol-
lection of life's early morning In the
country. Yes. the noggin the keeler
and the piggln like the old candle
moulds the winding blades and the
spinning wheel have served their day
and generation and have been rele-
gated to the attic of a day that Is
dead. nut. like I).ivld Copperfleld.
when we have written fur Into the
night and our lamps burn low; when
life's later and lighter realities are
fading from us these Messed and
hallowed old memories will still t
with us soothing and sustaining us
The I. O. N. Railroad baa" been
ordered sold. If the thing's passenger
service everywhere la like It la at
Bryan they will have to pay some
body to take It off their hands.
If all the cana of fruits and vege
tables opened dally by the house-
keepers of Bryan were put up by a
Bryan cannery there would be bush-
els more money turned loose In this
county. Money that would stay here
too and not go to California and other
distant States.
It la announred that Austria has of
fered further territorial concessions
to Italy. It begins to look like If Italy
hold out long enough she will get It
II. Austria however may have It
figured out that It Is better to give
herself away than be taken.
aa Indicated. Neither do we believe
that Rev. Watson would attempt the
establishment of such an enterprise
here without Grst consulting the re-
ligious Influences of Hryan and en-
listing their full cooperation.
Don't think because a street Is
paved it Is therefore dustless
brethren beloved and will never need
the sprinkler again.
TUCKER
STABLE
By
IS
building and $3006 Insirance oa the
contents.
Thia la the second building belong-
ing to Mr. Tucker that has burned at
thla place. On the day he purchases
the stable several years ago the build
ing and the greater portion of Its con-
tents were destroyed by Ore.
The telephone company suffered
considerable damage to their cable.
It waa melted for a distance of about
twenty feet the extreme heat and
put out ' i commission the connections
or bet ten ninety and one hundred
telephones Thia damage will be re-
paired iy the company aa quickly as
possible.
The members of the fire depart-
ment wish to thank one of tbe ladles
In the neighborhood of the Ore for a
b!g pot of steaming coffee tent to
them early thla morning while the Ore
lighting waa atlll In progress. '
Mr. Tucker being out of town The
Eagle was unable to get an expression
from him as to whether the build-
ing will be replaced by a new one fend
the business continued.
PLEA F0H BRAZOS
m
used to pay their debts. So you Mr.
Businesa Man would get mere cf It
that way than youl coul possibly lose
In taxes even though the Job did coat
a few dollars more.
Now la the time for the commis-
sioners' court to be a real diplomatic
philanthropist
I dare aay that I express the senti-
ment of the majority of tbe real peo-
ple when I aay give Braaoa County's
work to rraioe County'a men.
A TAXPAYER.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1815 Plans agreed upon by the al-
' Ilea against Napoleon pruvu.j
that the British army under
Wellington should protect the
new Kingdom of the Nether
lands while the Prusslana were
to defend the Rhenish Prov-
inces. 1840 A treaty of commerce and
navigation between the I'nlted
Statea and the Kingdom of
Hanover was concluded at Her
tin.
Winiam K. . Sebastian. - who
served aa I'tied States Sena-
tor from Arkansas! from 1S4T
to the .?nlng of the Civil
War died in Memphis Tenn.
Bora in Tennessee in 1114.
1890 The body of President Garfield
was removed from the public
vault to Ita last reeling place
In tbe great monument erected
to his memory In LakeTTetV'
Cemetery Cleveland.
CASH RENDITION SMALL.
City Secretary Robert T. Smith la
busy assessing tbe city taxes and
bopea to complete the work of get-
ting all the taxable property of the
city on tbe tax rolls In a few weeks.
He wss at The Eagle office thla morn'
Ing and when naked about the amount
of rash being rendered said there waa
plenty of spare on tbe assessment
blsnks for all that had been rendered'
ao far.
DESTROYED
Terrible Flames Licked Up Building
and All Contents Horses
Were Savid.
From a news Item from Texas City
puMIliHl In The Kaule today It will
he noted that a rescue home to res-
cue girls from the white slave truffle
Is soon to be established in Bryan.
ns the shadows lengthen and the sun'Tli news Item also state thut a inn-
or seven men were shooting at each
other from opposite sides of the
street. I would very promptly forego
my nutural right to use thut street
and I would regard myself as crimi-
nally foolish to continue on my way
simply bemuse I had a natural right
to use the public streets.
The case with the Nation Is In no-
wise different. When two Nations are
at WHr all other Nations oi:bt so fur
ns they ran do so without sacrificing
their self-respect to keep out of the
danger zene; and It Is Just as foolish
for this rour.try to Ignore the fact
thut when Nations are fighting they
do not scrupulously regard the rights
of other Nations as It would be for
an Individual to Ignore the fact thut
when two men are fighting they d
not give due consideration to the
rights of other people.
I would regret to see the profitable
commerce which this war has brought
to us Interrupted but all of the protlts
which that commerce would yield
would not rover one year's expense
of a war; nnd we must not forget that
millions who derive no benefit from
this commerce In war materials would
be compelled to give of their blrod
and of their scant earnings to tustaln
our country If nn armed conflict
should come. J. W. Ilalley in the
Dallas TImes-llernld.
goes down.
6AYS WAR WOULD BE A CRIME.
I have received your telegram ask-
ing for an expression of my views on
America's attitude with respect to the
l.usltnnla dNaster and In reply I m-g
to say:
1 would regnnl It as a crime to In-
volve this country In a war with tier-
many on account of that dlss-ter. The
war as It now exists. Is a gre.it
calamity nnd to draw the VnltPil
States Into it would be an unspeak-
able calamity. I understand of
course that Nations like Individual-!. j
sometimes f.i' e sit lallons where t!iey
annnt stop to count the conse-j
ouen -es. but certainly ii ) s'lih sit 'in
Hon r.O'.v confronts! our (ountry. j
Tl:e people w!:i Insist that our;
manufacturers Hnd our I ecjile l:ae n
Tight to the p; en s.'.i fur the! rc:::-!
!':er. e i.r tlielr pleasure ri-scit n t'ui-l
1'ir.: '. it? like n .; ther trvisrv i. '
It Is n. t sn'e n't upon It wltho-:? J
ipi.ini to liT'itintances.
I have a ; erfe t ru':t to wn" tr.
public sTcts rind yet v.l-.en going'
from my off
temlty hospital Is to be operated In
connection with the home. The home
Is to be founded by Rev. Isaiah Wat-
sun formerly of this city now pastor
of the Klrst lta;iti-t Church In Texas
City and Mrs. .1. T. l.ynn of Houston.
Rev. Watson so the Item states h:is
donated a twelve-room resident l.i
Ilrynn nnd ten thousand dollars In
rnsh toward the founding of the hcni".
This Is certainly a liberal and si m r-
ous donntlon Rev. Watson is ma'ilnc.
but the Item published today Is the
first Intimation The Kasle has hud
Hint any effort was beln made to
establish s!! h nn Institution In this
city. If the matter has hern t:'ken
up and ndvoi utecl by any of the r
litlous denominations of th" rt'r the
Fed 'rated Charlt'es the ('..nr:i.: '.a!
Club or through imy other (hint)'!.
The I';i.l.' has not heard of l. 'i
our o'.lnion there Is n' idit ly f
!. 1 for ': en ruter: : in P.r.itii:
In fut. re tV'iA- it v '.ild !e a wr:
';v!"s: aV'e a-'libit!' n. !. iall- : t
the ln.-it!c.j ludlcif "d In the ar?V.
Is the 'W's'iil h : e i n the lu 1
tr::iban rt Hilh r.-t. The Katie umi'
not help but tidleve the Item Tai
Tbe large corrugated . Iron livery
and feed barn belonging to (ieorge 1).
Tucker with Ita entire contents of
buggies carriages harness etc. and
several hundred dollars' worth of
feedstuffs was completely destroyed
by Are this morning at 1 o'clock. The
books of the establishment were
saved. '
Tbe alarm waa turned Into central
by T. R. Hubbard who discovered the
flames shortly after the building be-
came Ignited.
As soon as the negroes working al
the stable discovered the Are they
opened the gates and doors to the lot
and stables and the horses were set
free and rushed out of the bulldlnc.
nnd tbe entire herd was saved In this
way
The firemen responded to the alarm
promptly and fought valiantly until
daylight and with the greatest effort
prevented the adjoining residences
and buildings from becoming Ignited.
Three lines of hose were laid but
the wooden interior and combustible
nature of the contents of the building
furnished material for the flames to
spread rapidly and It was Impossible
to extinguish tliem.
A high south wind carried fhe
sparks a considerable distance and It
waa with the most careful watching
and quick work that the Are was pre-
vented from spreading.
Almost every member of both Are
companies was present and numer-
ous compliments were heard cn the
streets today for the way the Are was
fought and the good work done.
Some little trouble waa experienced
with the Are hydrant at the corner!
of the Powell Winter residence but j
this was quickly remedied. The other)
lines of hose were laid from the cor-j
ner of the Bryan Telephone Com-
pany's building and the corner of the i
First State Bank cn Main street.
making a total of about ?nno feet of
hose laid.
The origin of the Are. or In what
part of the building it started Is un-
known. Mr. Tucker the proprietor was out
of town at the time being on the
Navasota river with a Ashing part.
The loss Is estimated at about $10-
000 according to figures given to Ths
Eagle with H.OcO Insurance on the
"Taxpayer" Asks That Bridge Con-
tracts Be Given to Home Men
Rather Than Outsiders.
Editor Eagle:
If rou will grant the siiace in the
columns of your valued paper 1 will:
take the privilege of expressing my
views upon the following:
The rerent high water as we all
know has made It necessary for the
county to repair some of the bridges
particularly some of those on the
Itraios river. One of these bridges
(Pitts bridge) was partly waslied out
lust year and was repaired by a force
of Praxoa County men. There Is I
understand some sentiment In the
commissioners' court to contract the '
work this year to Austin Brothera or
mmn nthpr fnri(n miicirit nf that 1
kind. The sentiment so strongly ad-
vocated by thia paper and dominant
In thla town Is to patronize home In-
dustry. Here 1 raise the question Is
It consistent to give thla work to out-
side parties when Braxos County has
competent men who need the work?
In defense of osr honorable com-
missioners I will say that they have
possibly been Influenced by an objec-
tion tha has been made about the
expense of repairing Pitts bridge Inst
year. An objection that Is unfounded
for If the parties objecting would ia'l!
upon Judge Maloney or Mr. Carson j
engineer In charge for a detailed bill
of expenses showing a distribution of i
expenses covering the job. they will
And that the work was done at rthout
the same figures as the Md of the con-
tracture (Austin Brothers) upon tha
Job. Also 1 learn that the parties ob-
Jeitlng are for the most part business
men. Yet If I or my nelghhor Jones
should send to Pears. Roebuck A
Company of Pallas or anywhere else
for that matter for anything we may
need a wall of protest comes from
the business men to patronize home 1
Industry. They want us to buy It In
Bryan If It can b bought there even '
though It does cost a little moie. and!
1 can't say that It Is an altogether bad j
plan. But because some outside con- j
st met Ion company can possibly save j
a few dollars on a bridge In flraos
County th-y want to let them build It j
when I dure say there are enough i
Idle men In Brazos County who need
the work to build every bridge that '
has to be built. Men quite competent -and
efficient too. Quite consistent.
Isn't It (
Keep Brazos County money In Ilrs-
ros County. Money paid to a con-
struction company would be gone
while the money paid to Brazos Coun-
ty's men would be spent here and
SAVE MONEY
Why o tone distance from home? There are as fins resorts along the
Ran Antonio a Aransaa I'axa lly. aa In tha North. Vacation ran h pant at
on of thrsa rrtorta nt much Iras coat. At tha Coast or In tha Mountains
good flsjrt anil beautiful acenery.
COAST RESORTS
conrrs ciibisti. rockivirt. mn.Tt.AND. aranbas pass
l.Gl.E.snR
MOUNTAIN RESORTS
KERRVILI.E. COMFORT. CENTER POINT. BOERNE. WAR1NO
Tha Coast and Mountain raorta aJong tha 8 A. A. P. afford fine flsb-
Inc. I.t!iln anil hoatln. anil the hmuitlful lluailalupa Hlv.r near our Moun-
tain rraurta arfonta rvelli-nt ilara for online paril'a. Tha Han Antonio A
Aranaaa !' Kr. la tha " iffVlal Kouta" (or ilia Tataa ITvas Aasoclalloa
nirati'o at Corpus Chrlstl In Juns.
Thrra first rlaaa trains dally between San Antonio and Corpus Chrlstl
with Pullman eiiilpmrnt
Ask vour I'h uI usnt for tlrkrti via Kan Antlnlo A Aransas Pass By. or ad-
drraa UKO. K. l.t lTO.N. U. I. A. ttan Antonio. Tesaa.
ARE YOU INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING UP
Your Communitv
JOIN THE COMMERCIAL CLUB AND DO YOUR DUTY
ADD TO YOUR COMFORTS AT HOME
USE ELECTRICITY
BRYAN POWER COMPANY
Spring Cleaning and Renovating Will Suggest the Necessity of a Little
NEW FURNITURE
FOR THE HOME OR OFFICE
We Have a Happy Selection In All Lines That Can be Bought
Reasonable. Drop In to See Ua
W. T. JAMES
A NEW TRAIN
1:00 P. M. LV HOUSTON
1:13 A. M. LV BRYAN
:45 A. M. Alt AUSTIN
8:10 P. M. AR. LITTLE ROCK. ....
7:27 A. M. All ST. LOUIS
5:50 A. M. AR MEMPHIS
THROUGH STANDARD SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
For Tickets and Slteplng Car Reservations Apply to R. L. PECK
Agent Bryan Texas.
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if to my houi-e I slioulj . given premature puMiratlon and that!
tui two blocks aliind of me t'.iat sit the matter has cot advened as fa:
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WHITE and COLORED effects in charming models.
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