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BRENHAM WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913
NUMBER 234
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By A Little Legal Hogging,
Perfectly Fair In Politicts
Democrats Can Boost "Lead'
Process Servers Besiege Rockefeller Home
Washington, Jan. 9.
strengthen the narrow
-Efforts to
Democratic
Tennessee, where a fight has devel-
oped since the primary indorsement
majority in the next Senate, now es- of former Governor Patterson. The
timated at one or two, are holding lines are so closely drawn in the
the attention of Democratic leaders Senate that it is admitted the vote
In Washington. They form the ba-
sis for much of the conference now
going on between members of the
Senate and President-elect Wilson.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia
and Senator Gore of Oklahoma, who
have been invited to Trenton for a
conference with the President-elect
tomorrow, will go primed with de-
of future Vice-President Thomas B.
Marshall may be necessary in tight
places to insure Democratic control.
Forthcoming elections in state leg-
islatures will result in the choice
of thirty Senators. Five Democrats
and one Republican have been elect-
ed and a number of others bear the
indorsement of popular primaries,
tails of the fight that is being wag- i making their elections certain. The
ed to capture additional Democratic j Democratic strength In the next Sen-
senatorships in Maine, New Hamp- j ate is estimated as follows:
shide, Illinois and South Dakota,1 "Holdover Democrats, 29; already
where the balance of power is held j elected, five; considered certain of
by the Progressives. It is under- election, 14. Total, 48, or one-half
stood here that most of tomorrow's of the Senate.
conference will be devoted to dis- The total, which is conceded by
cussion of how the Democratic ma- Republican leaders to be correct,.!
jority can be increased. does not include Tennessee. If the (
Control of the Senate after March
4 apparently Is in the hands of the
Democrats add to their strength it ■
will be through the carrying of Ten-
Democrats by a margain of only two nesses, which is considered proba-
votes, 49 to 47, counting the Repub- ble; and the success of their tight to
licans and Progressives as a com-> secure one or both of the Illinois
mon enemy. This estimate takes in- j Senators, or the Senators to be chos-
to the "safe Democratic column"'en in Maine and New Hampshire,
■rj'i 1 , i111 Ji.—
MRS. HARMS DIED
THURSDAY NIGHT
FUNGAL FRIDAY
SUPREME COURT
SUSTAINS CITY
Army Captain's Wife Willing
For Divorce But Insists She
Be Handed A Nice Pay-Clause
San Francisco, Jan. 9.—-Captain i ow ing to some defect in the tuechan*
H. C. Merrlan, commander of the1 there was no explosion. The
United States riUne-planter Colonel | CaPtain »*** that h* struggled des-
George Armlsteud ,at the Presldo, is
not going to get a divorce from Bes-
sie C. Merrian without a taste of
legal warfare. This was indicated
yesterday by the filing of an affida-
vit by the wife in which she asks
for ? 1450 to help her to fight his
Suit..
Captain Merrian began his divorce
| action last, November, and the
charge he brought against his spouse
was that of cruelty. It was no mild
mental tlruelty, either. According
to his story, he had been made lo
face the muzzle of a loaded revol-
ver by the very person In the world
who might have been expected to be
most anxious to spare hiui such ex-
periences.
The trouble took place in ".lacli-
son Barracks," New Orleans, in the
spring of 1911, where the parties
were living prior to his transfer to
his present command, but the sto
rios they tell differ as day and
perately with the woman, and final-
' ly Kot possession of the weapon be-
fore anybody was hurt.
Mrs. Merrian's version of the af-
fair is that there was no shooting
or threatened shooting connected
with It. She says that her husband
came Into her room one day and
ordered her to take their nine-year-
old daughter and go to Indianapolis.
This order was made, declares the
wife, with the connivance of the post
conimauder and was obeyed.
On the contrary, deposes the wife,
he threatened to put detectives on
her trail and to take the child away
Croni her. She is now living at
Xoomiin, N. 1)., and says that she
needs $23(1 a month temporary ali-
mony and $1200 "fees."
Curd of Thanks.
Wo wish to express our heartfelt
thanks and sincerest appreciation of
the many kind services rendored\l8
by friends and neighbors during the
illness and after the death of our
night. According to the husband
the wife attacked him with a pistol1 beloved husband and father,
and pulled the trigger twice; but I Mrs. (!. W. Neuinan and Children
Above Procers servers of the Pu- efeller, in an effort to serve liim with
jo Money Investigating Committee a summons to appear before the
guarding the main entrance to the "Money Trust" Committee. The in-j
FIRE ORDINANCEFiftb avenue home of Wiluam Rock86rt 18 ofMr"R°ck,!fener-
Mrs. Catherine Harms, 78 years
old and the widow of William
Harms, died at the family residence
near Phillips at 8:30 Wednesday
night, of the grip an4 compHeattons
due to the infirmities of age. Fu-
neral services will be conducted at
ROGERS HEARING SET.
BOY IS SICK
In an opinion handed down in the
civil court of appeals Wednesday af-
ternoon, the case ot the city against
Holle & Seelhorst was reversed. The
decision means that the city of
11 o'clock Friday morning at New j Brenham has Practically arbitrary
authority in regulating the materi-
al to be used In building construc-
i tion within the fire limits.
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The action was the result of an
Ulleged violation of the fire ordi-
nance and instituted by the city
her death was not expected until against the defendant company in
recently when she contracted a se- rhe Washington County district court
vere cold. From that time, she fail- during December, 1911. It was al-
ed rapidly and the attention of phy- i leged by the city that Holle & Seel-
slcians and the constant care of'horst used a prohibitive material in
Wehdem by the Rev. L. Uhlmann,
pastor of the Lutheran church of
that place, followed by burial in the
Lutheran cemetery.
Mrs. Harms had been in feeble
health for the last few years, but
members of the family were unavil-
ing. She is survived by but 'one
child, a daughter, Mrs. William Tei-
mann of Phillips.
The deceased was a pioneer of
Washington County. She was a na-
tive of Germany but came to Amer-
ica In the early eighties. During alt
that time she has lived in the New
Wehdem vicinity. She was of a
pleasing disposition, a kindly neigh-
bor and an affectionate mother. Her
death is genuinely deplored by all
her acquaintances.
Prayer Meeting.
The usual prayer meeting tonight
at 7:30 at church of Christ,
cordially invited.
the construction of a warehouse
near the Woods Lumber Yard. The
ciefense maintained that the mate-
rial was of corrugated iron, a non-
inflamable material and therefore
was not without the terms of the
ordinance.
At the hearing before the trial
court, Judge Sinks presiding, a de-
cision was given against the city.
Counsel representing the city imme-
diately appealed. The opinion giv-
en by the civil court of appeals Wed-
nesday sustains the contention of
the city and reverses the lower
court. Seemingly, the decision of
the higher court means that the
All building must be torn down or re-
Criminal Court of Appeals Will Hear Seven-Year-Old Son of Charles Nci-
Argument in Negro's Case Jan-
uary 22,
nast Suffering With Attack of
frlptheria.
According to an order issuing out It was reported in Brenham
of the criminal court of appeals pt Thursday that the 7-year-old son
Austin Wednesday afternoon, argu- of Charles Neinast, prominent, farin-
ments Will be heard on the appeal of er, living 4 miles southwest ot the
Edmond Rogers, negro, Janu.xi> 22.
Rogers was tried in Brenhnm during
the September term ot the district
city, is seriously sick of diptheria.
The little fellow recently caught cold
which rapidly developed into a dan-
court on the charge of criminally gerous attack 'of the dreaded dipth-
assaulting a 17-year-o'd negro girl, therla. His condition today is pro-
The jury returned a verdict of gull- nounced none improved by the at-
ty and sentenced him to 2 years in tending phjsicians.
the penitentiary. The alleged crime
occurred in Washington Dreclnct. Subscribe for the Daily Banner
GILL DISCUSSES
KNOTTY PROBLEM
UNDERWRITERS
SLEDGE HOUSTON
USES PISTOL ON
NEGRO ATTORNEY
In a letter received by H. G. Sim-
mons & Company, Insurance under-
:t
Constable Sledge Houston of Som-
erville became enraged at a remark
made by Richard Evans, Brenham
negro attorney, during a justice
State Superintendent Says Texas
Schools Are Behind Although The
Permanent Fund Is By Far Larger
Austin, Tex., Jan. 9.—The per-
manent school fund of Texas, is by
far one of the largest of any in the
Union, and still the educational fa-
cilities are far behind that of a large
number of the other states. Prof.
writers of this city, from B. 8. GUI. C0lirt ca(M, Thliriday afternoon and
state insurance commissioner at convenient revolver to empha-
Austln, Texas laws and their rela- size his exceptions. The Incident ocj\
tion of reciprocal Insurance1,concerns j curre(j aj Somervllle and it Is under-
is plainly discussed. The letter Is; stood that the negro was rather ln-
of much Interest because of no in- dustrlously and disastrously han-
considerable ctonfuslon now oxMstj ; died.
lng. The letter in full follows: It appears that Evans had beet*
The department or insurance and retained by a negro living in the vi-
banking receives regularly numerous I clnlty of Somervllle to defend him
inquiries from all over the state rel <>" a charge of peace disturbance,
ative to the standing and responsi-. Constable Houston had made the ar-
bility, and the attitude of this de- j rest and was the prosecuting wlt-
partment, concerning various until- ness. Kvans by some remark arous-
corporated reciprocal insurance con- ed the anger of the officer who
cerns. After a careful consldera- promptly pulled a six-shooter—42
tion of the whole matter, this de- j Colts on a 45 frame—and began to
partment has reached the conclusion j chastize the offender. Before he
that It has no jurisdiction, super- was yanked off, the constable left
vision or control whatever over any several nasty abrasions as evidenced
such unincorporated concerns. No of his regret that the remarks had
certificate of authority to do busl-1 been made.
ness in this state has been issued. Evans Is a brother of Crockett
same time have increased $359,879.
The increase in the vanie of the
state permanent sclioolfund is due I f( none wln ,)f, |B8Ue(j t0 any of Kvans, a bad actor, who waB recent
; moved outside of the fire limits.
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Daily Weather Report
Coarteay Mackay Telegraph Co.
Brenham, Texas, Jan. 9.—Cotton
Belt—Wichita, clear 10; Shreveport,
clear ^29; Texarkana, cloudy 24;
Denlson, clear 20; Paris, clear 18;
McKlnney, clear 19; Fort Worth,
cloudy 26; Dallas, cloudy 25; Waco,
cloudy 26; San Antonio, cloudy 32;
Houston, clear 34; Galveston, clou-
dy 36; Beaumont, part cloudy 40;;*
Brenham, part cloudy S2; Gaines- •
vllle, cloudy 18. •
General Weather—Chicago, clou- •
dy 22; Minneapolis, clear 9; Den-i*
ver, clear iero. Omaha, clear, *ero; •
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San Francisco, cloudy 50; Kansas •
City, clear 15; St. Louis, cloudy 24; •
That All May Know.
During the last four days,
thirty-three (33) people have
called at The Banner office
and subscribed for the Daily
and Weekly. That means
that The Banner circulation
Is moving upward at the rate
of more than nine each day.
It further Indicates that the
public Is reading The Banner.
They recognize that in The
Banner the news is published
with particular emphasis up-
on local features. It is also
well to recollect that these
subscriptions are coming in
voluntarily and not through
rewards or prizes or other
systems not infrequently us-
ed by decrepit an<| fast de-
tease from the state permanent
fund is due In a large part to the
F. M. Bralley has just made public j better management by the State
a section of his 18th biennial report ; Board of Education in investing the j
to the governor, which shows iha* ' money part of the money in interest j
the permanent school fund now hearing bonds."
reaches $17,876,195 which is invest- j The state apportionment of school
almost exclusively to the increase in ; tliem
lie value of the lands while the in- j
The attorney general of the State
ly sent to the penitentiary for shoot-
ing at a white man by the name of
Wilson near Clay station two years
ago. Following the trouble Evans
escaped to Kansas and was returned
by requisition. The trial and con-
viction was had lu Burleson Coun«
ty.
ed in the following securities: land;! funds on the per capita basis to the
notes, $50,909,267; interest bearing counties and the independent school
bonds, $16,703,361; railroad bonds. llstrlcts of the state has increased
$1,172,817; unsold lands, $3,000,- j during the last five years from $4,-
000; cash on hand, $90,729. j 149,320 to $6,741,581 or 55 per
This does not include the p"rraa-1 'pnt. The per capita apportionment
Washington Forecast
nent county school fund which ag-
gregates $12,179,441. This fund is
Invested In the following: land
notes. $4 ,545.304; other securities,
$121,658; leased lands (estimated),
$3,088,890; interest bearing bonds.
five years ago was $5, while now It
>s $6.80, the largest per capita ap-
portionment In the history of the
state. During the scholastic year of
1909-10 bonds to the value of $1,-
797,290 were issued by common and
$3,991,539; cash on hand, $427,049. | Independent school districts for the
The permanent state school fund and erection of school houses .while dur-
total county school funds reaches lng the scholastic year of 1910-11
* the enormous sum of $84,055,636. bonds to the value of $3,045,514
* The-sources and amounts of the were issued. Ix>cal tax collections, cerns, or any loss occurlng under a ' r *n portion.
* available school fund for the main- during the two years Increased from j policy issued by such concerns, nor, warmer-
w; tenance of the public schools dur- $1,137,290 to $4,235,935, a net lo | will this department undertake to
* j lng the scholastic year of 1910,--, i crease of $1,137,290.
* amounting to $11,412,321. The state superintendent po1 nit financial standing of such concerns,
* [ The permanent school fund of the out that plans should be devised for whether their domicile be In Texas
•; state has Increased In value about Improving, the organization of the or some other state.
* J $20,000,000 during the past five schools and methods developed ___________
of Texas in a recent ruling upon the I
subject handed down to this depart-
ment an opinion to the effect that
corporations unincorporated under
the laws of this state to do any kind
of business other than of Insurance
| cannot legally take a policy of in-
surance in one of these unincorpo-
rated reciprocal Insurance concerns,
and that to do bo and thus engage
In the business of Insuring others
would be a violation of the corpora- Washington, Jan. 9.—Following
tion's charter rights and make It 11- |8 the weather forecast:
able to forefelture of Its charter. Brenham and Vicinity—Thursday,
Property owners who desire to fair and warme,r; light variable
avail themselves of such insurance winds.
in these unincorporated reciprocal East Texas—Fair and warmer
concerns should satisfy themselves Thursday and probably Friday.
as to the solvency and responsibility iWest Texas—Fair and warmer
as to the operations of such concerns, Thursday, Friday, increasing cloudi-
and will not In any Instance under- neBs and warmer.
take to investigate any such con- Louisiana—Fair Thursday; warm-
Friday, fair and
Oklahoma—Fair and warmer
| express any opinion relative to the Thursday, Friday, increasing cloudi-
ness and warmer.
Read the Dall Banner. A few
weeks trial will convince you that
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Fisher, R. H. Brenham Daily Banner (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 234, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1913, newspaper, January 9, 1913; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth491395/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.