The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 26, 1924 Page: 6 of 8
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BISHOP ALEXANDER
C. GARRETT DIES
AGED CHURCHMAN PASSES
AWAY AT ST. MARY'S
COLLEGE.
WAS IN TEXAS FIFTY YEARS
Bishop Started Work In Dallas When
City Had Population of
Ot.iy 3,000.
BRIEFS BY CABLE,
WIRE, WIRELESS
Great Events That Are Chang-
ing the World's Destiny Told
in Paragraphs
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL
' Dallas, Texas.—The Rt. Rev. Alex-
ander C. Garrett, bishop of the Epis-
copal Diocese of Dallas and presiding
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
^Church in America, died very sudden-
ly Monday night at his cottage at
!St. Mary's College, which he found-
ed. The Episcopalian prelate, who
last November celebrated his ninety-
first birthday, was apparently in the
best of health until early Monday
^morning, when shortly before day-
'break Miss Kathleen Lawrence, his
.secretary, was awakened and found
•him suffering from a pain in his
-chest. Physicians were called, but
his illness seemed of alight signifi-
cance and it was said that he would
recover quickly.
f He was visited by a number of
friends.^ With him at the time of
[his death were Misa Lawrence, who
.has been his constant companion
'since he became blind more than
jflve years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Will J.
'Lawther, Mr. and Mrs. James E. For-
Irest and Dr. Samuel Milliken, his
physician. It was said that the aged
prelate attempted to rise up in his
[bed, but crumpled over after calling
jto those about him. He died imme-
diately. .
) The Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot,
Bishop of Bethlehem, Pa., next in
■line to Bishop Garrett in seniority
iin the church, and all members of
the House of Bishops of the Episco-
pal Church, as well as members of
the family, friends and the Masonic
bodies, were immediately notified of
Bishop Garrett's death. Bishop Har-
ry T. Moore, coadjutor to Bishop
Garrett, who was in Wisconsin at-
tending the funeral of a sister is en
route to Dallas.
• Burial time will be determined af-
ter receiving advice from the Rt.
Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, president of
the National Council of the Episcopal
Church, and from Bishop Harry T.
Moore, whose return to Dallas is ex-
pedited Thursday. Burial will be in
Dallas and the Masonic Blue Lodge
.service will be conducted at the
grave. The ritualistic service of the
church will be conducted at the
Cathedral.
• Bishop Alexander Charles Garrett
was born in Ballymonte, County of
jSilgo, In Ireland, on Nov. 4, 1"*2.
He came to Dallas on the last day
'of December, 1874, having been as-
signed to the North Texas Mission-
ary District of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church by the general conven-
tion of the church, which bad been
[in session in New York. At the time
lof receiving the Texas assignment the
bishop was in charge of Trinity Ca-
thedral of Omaha, Neb., as dean.
On reaching Dallas, which city
•was to be his headquarters, Bishop
Garrett found his new diocese to
Iconsist of 100,000 square miles, with
three little frame buildings as
churches, having a total membership
(of 365 communicants.
• When Bishop Garrett came to Dal-
las its total population consisted of
.3,000 souls, no street lights and only
one street car line, which traversed
Main street The cars were drawn
by mules.
8hort Chronlol* of Past Occurrences
Throughout the Union and Our
Colonies—News Prom Europe
That Wilt Interest.
DOMESTIC
PREMIER POINCARE
WINS TAX INCREASE
Paces Battle When Electoral Reforrr
Bill Comes Up.
Paris.—Premier Poincare won bis
stiff fight for the 20 per cent in-
crease in taxes designed to stabilize
the French franc, and the national
finances, when the Chamber of Depu
'ties adopted L.s measure by a vote
of 315 to 224.
Earlier in the evening Poincare
had demanded that the Chamber sit
all night if necessary in order to
reach a vote on the tax question.
Throughout the day Communists
had continued their obstructionist
tactics in the debate, demanding a
ballot on each amendment, nine of
which were rejected.
Poincare faceB another battle, how-
ever, when the Senate begins dis-
cussion of the electoral reform bill.
64-Hour Week Lost.
' Berne.— Switzerland by referendum
rejected a proposal to Increase the
working hours in factories to 54
'hours weekly. The vote was 433,000
'against 316,000.
The Norwegian steamship Etna,
which sailed from New Orleans re-
cently for Murmansk, carried a cargo
of 9,904 bales of cotton and 7G5 tons
of cotton seed for the Russian Soviet
government.
A family moving from Faulkner
County, Ark., recently paid $10
freight transportation on two hound
dogs nicely crated, which was more
than the freight paid on all of their
other possessions.
Florida has other attractions than
warm weather while the North is
frozen. There is no state income tax
and no inheritance tax. "Many of
Palm Beach's wealthy property own-
ers tram Northern cities have re-
cently become legal residents of
Florida.
Hooch cleanser is the discovery of
John Shisler, of Camden, N. J., jan-
itor at police headquarters, who finds
that moonshine taken by police will
remove acid stains after ammonia,
carbolic acid and patent cleaning
fluids failed. Shisler proposed that
the hooch be bottled and sold as a
new patent cleanser.
A three-toed horse, three _ feet
high and between 2,000,000 and 20,-
000,000 years old, soon will be on
exhibit at the University of Chicago
museum. Prof. Paul C. Miller ex-
cavated the specimen in the "bad
lands" of Nebraska. The only thing
missing from the aged anatomy was
a tail. One is being constructed at
the museum.
Although the miller at Bowman's
mill, six miles from Bloomsburg, Pa.,
had tried for years to repair a leak
in his dam, all his efforts were of
no avail. Yet the dam now is re-
paired and doesn't leak a drop. A
colony of beavers from the North
Mountain recently moved down to
the dam and within a few days had
the leak securely plugged.
American citizens are given first
preference in employment at the
] Willys-Overland auto factory, appli-
cants of foreign birth being required
to present their naturalization pa-
pers or at least' "first papers" be-
fore they are hired, and they are re-
quired to complete their naturaliza-
tion within the time allowed by law.
Samuel Curtis, Philadelphia, Pa.,
negro, who had been captured with
a stolen slot machine containing 250
balls of gum, was sentenced to chew
every piece of gum In the mechan-
ism, dropping pennies in the slot for
every ball taken out. When ho had
completed his task the judge turned
him loose and gave the machine.
w4th the pennies in It, back to its
owner.
The oldest resident of the United
States, Mrs. Robots Marez, 135. is
dead at her home in Segunda, Colo.
Born in Mexico in 1789, according to
her household records, Mrs. Marez
moved in 1831 to the territory that, is
now New Mexico. In 1911 Mrs.
Marez came to Colorado. Mrs. Mar-
ez married her second husband prior
to the Civil War and has three
grandchildren who survive her, all
past their 40th year. For years she
had been blind and helpless.
President Coolldfe has directed tht
Department of Justice and the Fed-
oral Trade Commission to investigate
charges ti Governor McMasters ot
South Dakota, that the cruds oil
market had been cornered.
The Federal Trade Commission has
charged the International Harvester
Company and other manufacturers
of agricultural machinery with un-
lawful trade discrimination against
farmers' co-operative associations.
Rates on dried beans from Wen-
doll, Idaho, to Fort Worth, are un-
reasonable when they exceed a con-
tinental rate of 94 cents per 100
pounds, the Interstate Commerce
Commission ruled recently.
Woodrow Wilson's daughter would
be granted freo use of the mails un-
der a resolution introduced by Chair-
man Greist of the House Postoffice
Committee. This provision was re-
cently extended to Mrs. Harding.
Under a bill introduced by Sena-
tor Jones (Rep.), Washington, per-
sons who have had service with the
United States Government would be
prohibited for a period of five years
thereafter from representing any as-
sociation or corporation in litigation
against the Government.
The Senate Committee to which
has been referred the Heflin resolu-
tion directed against the Alamo Land
and Sugar Company, R. B. Creager,
Republican National Committeeman,
and other land d*inpanies operating
in the Rio Grande Valley, will make
a favorable report upon the resolu-
tion, it is indicated, but probably
with portions of the explanatory
whereases eliminated.
The largest peace-time appropria-
tion bill ever before Congress—the
annual Treasury-Postoffice supply
bill, carrying approximately $729,-
000,000—has been passed by a vive
voce vote. The measure goes to the
Senate practically as drafted by the
House Appropriations Committee,
[only a few amendments of import-
ance having been adopted by the
Mouse.
I A nickle-in-the-slot radio receiving
outfit has made its appearance. The
receiver is equipped with special ap-
paratus devised by D. J. Richardson
of Washington, which gives patrons
advance information as to the imme-
diate availability of etherial enter-
tainment and posts a warning twen-
ty second before" another nickel is
required to enable them to enjoy an
uninterrupted performance.
With receipt of all the election re-
turns from Texas, to be used in the
contest against Senator Earle B.
Mayfield, the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections has com-
pleted arrangements for making the
enumeration, following which will be-
gin the taking of testimony. Each
side to the contest will be represent-
ed at the count practically as in the
gathering of the ballots in Texas.
WASHINGTON
Declaring Mare Island had all the
work It could handle in looking after
ships of less than thirty feet draft,
Fear Admiral McKean, commander of
the Mare Island navy yard, told the
House Naval Committee that a base
should be placed at Alameda or the
project abandoned.
Tourists and nonresidents enter-
ing the United States would be re-
quired to state their purpose in com-
ing to this country under a resolution
prepared by Representative Tlnk-
ham (Rep.), Massachusetts. Mr
Tlnkham explained in a statement
that such a measure would place
before the State Department the in
tentlons of all non-residents who
may visit this country to write ar
tides, deliver lectures or rtberwtae
'nfluence public oxlnlon.
Texas News
The annual convention of the Texai
Bricklayers' Association will be held In
Galveston, April 14-21.
Breaking of new land with tractors
has begun generally in the plains dis-
trict of Texas and agricultural con-
ditions are better than in 10 years.
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Nasal Catarrh
is a Dirty,
Filthy Disease
That continual
dripping of c*
tarrhal mucus from
the head down into
the stomach finally
poUons the whole
body, a condition
known as systemio
catarrh.
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rcr more than
fifty years Pe-ru-na
has hold an envia-
ble record for re-
sults in the treat-
ment of all Ca-
tarrhal condi tuna.
Tablets or Liquid,
FOREIGN
-Ireland is making an effort to
improve the quality of its linen by
improving the flax plant.
Burwell, England, with more than
2,0000 inhabitants, has no unemplojr*
ed, being probably the only town in
the world having that distinction.
Senator Henry La Fontaine, speak-
ing at the annual dinner of the Bel-
go-American Chamber of Commerce,
recalled that Manhattan Island was
purchased by the Belgian settlers
for a bottle of whiskey, since when
relations between Belgium and the
United States had always been ex-
cellent.
The village blacksmith, the sad-
dler, the wheelwright and many oth-
er old English industries have fal-
len on evil days through changed
conditions of life as a result of im-
proved machinery and science. In
order to revive and develop these In-
dustries, a Rural Industries Intelli-
gence Bureau has been formed and
has recommended, among other
things, the installation of modern
machinery.
Farmers of Oklahoma are still suf-
freing from the effects of the "Fed-
eral Reserve Board's deflation pol-
icy of 1920-21," Senator Owen (Dem.)
Oklahoma, declared before the Sefi
ate Agricultural Committee. He urg
ed the committee to expedlate ac-
tion upon pending relief measures.
He indorsed the Norris bill which
would provide a $100,000,000 corpo-
ration to buy and sell farm pro-
ducts.
One out of every three English
women who lost their husbands dur-
ing the World War have remarried,
according to pensions data Issued by
the British pensions ministry. By so
doing, they have lost the pensions
given to them by the Government on
the death of their former husbands.
That two out of every five men who
enlisted for service during the per-
iod of hostilities have received some
form of pension or gratuity is an-
1 other fact disclosed by the report.
A complete survey has Just been
made of Rusk county public schools
and a total of $15,672 of state aid will
be given Rusk county rural schools.
The Texas Cotton Seed Crushers*
Association again will hold its annual
convention in Galveston in 1924. The
convention will be held June 9, 10
and 11.
An issue of $400,000 Jack county spe-
cial road bonds, bearing 5% per cent
interest and maturing serially, has
been approved by the attorney gen- 1
eral's department.
With a few lots of fat steers moving
to market South Texas cattle have |
come through tfie winter thus far In
exceptionally good condition with few
losses from cold or poverty.
The first constructive work under-
taken by the state highway depart-
ment since taking over the roads on
January 1, that of building 1.8 miles
of Improved road at Eddy, between
Waco and Temple, is under way.
State Treasurer Terrell has issued
a call to pay 1,050 general fund war- ;
rants, representing $169,928, and leav-
ing the deficit at $4,691,737. The call ,
was up to and including warrant No |
23850, which was dated Nov. 30 last.
Mitchell county voters will ballot !
on a $325,000 road bond issue March |
22 to supplement state and federal aid
of $650,000 to build a concrete paved
road over the route of the Bankhead
highway across the county from east
to west.
Contracts for 384,000 pounds of fresh
meat and 56,000 pounds of cured meat
at a reduction of 10 per cent over pre-
vious contracts were let by the stats
board of control Friday for state insti-
tutions. The contracts cover supplies
for ninety days.
, A pecan tree on the Gorett farm
near Seguin has been sold to A. R.
Cole of Austin for $1000. Mr. Cole will
use tffe buds for grafting on a number
vt his trees near Austin. Experts have
announced the pecans from the tree
among the finest in Texas.
One of the largest planting of citrus
trees in the Rio Grande delta of Texas
on the program for this spring is a
50-acre tract oh the concrete highway
two and a half miles from Harlingen,
which was recently purchased by W.
J. Trammel and E. L. Ray of Corel-
cana.
Doubtless due to fine yields and
gratifying prices of the past year, all
indications point to a larger acrcage
of truck fn Smltii county this year.
liorta from Smith county communi- I
1 trju t«U of many instances of land be- j
ing prepared for the new crops of
truck. The tomato is the chief truck j
crop.
The state board of education at its !
regular monthly session last week pur-
chased practically all the bonds of-
fered, aggregating $92,000. They in-
clude an issue of Eagle Lake inde-
pendent school district school house
bonds amounting to $25,000 and $1,000
of Shelby county common school dis-
trict No. 62 bonds.
The Waco city commission will un-
dertake to open Seventh street from
Austin avenue to Washington avenue.
Bonds have been voted for this pur-
pose. This street now is occupied by
business houses facing on Austin street
which makes a business block the
length of two ordinary city blocks.
Agitation has been going on for some
time among tbe civic clubs to have
this long block opened.
Five wild turkey hens and one torn
have been received by local sports-
men from the state game warden for
a large ranch above Edna. They were
sent upon application of local sports-
men who obligated themselves to use
every precaution to protect the birds
and not molest them in any manner
for a period of two years.
From present indications the acre-
age planted to cotton in the Rio
Grande valley will be larger than it
was last season and, according to all
records, last year was the biggest cot-
ton y>lar the valley ever had. Even
at this early date buyers are coming
to the valley and looking over the sit-
uation so they may be well Informed
as' to conditions.
Topographic surveys on the Nueces
river from Three Rivers in Uvalde
have Just been started by the state
board of water engineers in co-opera^
tlon with engineers of the United
States geological survey, it is an-
nounced. There are now about 90 en«
(lneerlng parties In the field in various
sections of the state making thoso sur-
veys and also engaged on stream meas
urement of various streams In Texas.
BOSCHEE'S SYRUP
Allays irritation, soothes and heals throat
and lung inflammation. The constant
irritation of a cough keeps the delicate
mucus membrane of the throat and lungs
ina congested condition, which boschee's
SYRUP gently and quickly heals. For this
reason it has been a favorite household
remedy for colds, coughs, bronchitis and
especially for lung troubles in millions of
homes all over the world for the last fifty-
seven years, enabling the patient to obtain
a good night's rest, free from coughing
with easy expectoration in the morning.
You can buy boschee's Syrup wherever
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 26, 1924, newspaper, February 26, 1924; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341553/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Atlanta Public Library.