The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 363, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1924 Page: 3 of 16
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GOLDEN JUBILEE
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: 50tfi BirtKday. With
Big Pfogram
Hoaitoa Poat fepscUL
BRENHAM Tmu Msrch 81
Tfcs ronrtn street Methodist Eplseo
pal ehrirco.esUhlished in Brenham in
W74 b Ihs late Bar. Carltobsntke.
wba wis alsoUfc) founder of BUnu
Memorial college Just closed ' tt
oleW Inbltoe -eelebretioiL. : which was
ooeervea witD oeauuiut aa appropn-
ate nracti. several cornier pastors
ana.inany members residing st -etaer
points bng present tor tue ceieors-
tlon. Rev. B. tL Hopkins la verier
ana rormer pastern nuenoing uie enw
brstlon were llev.a A- A. LeUeKta. dis
trict supertateMenaVot- the PreahaW
district BejBv; F. tkhueesler f
Seguiu Rer. WT A. Moors of Bren-
MB. Iter. li. u. uotrr or uexington
Rer. E. . Draeger ef fieguift- er.
John Strett ot Rieeelaad Rev. Jacob
I Ott of. Hrenfaam '
If The. celebration- 'opened Friday
nieht with a eervice 'conducted' in
German forthe epecial benefit rot the
j order member. . Bet. peerr made an
address snd "stone oi uit' afo
1 were told by several of the old pastors
I nrt members. Saturday night Ker
I'Drener nreacned the sermon.
I . Golden iubilee Sunday was observed
fwith three beautiful and elaborate
rervjces the ohurch- being crowded to
. ira ranantr. r lu tne mornins ner. n.
It Hopkins conducted the. jubilee
aervira' with srxrfal music br the
'lii mtA urtnAn nn -Phrlat. . the
: Ha me Yenterder. Todsv and For
ever" by Rer; A. A. Leifeste; district
superintendent A thanks rffenng
was taken many contributing piece
et . gold moucy. Sundaj afternoon
- there was a testimony meeting with
Rer. Jacob Ott. retired the oldest
-minister in the Southern conference
. presiding. At the evening service the
: aermon was preached by Ker.. IS.
Bchuesrler of Hecuin. '
'vJTvr this happy event the church
beautifully decorated a golden
eokr scheme being used with quan
i titles of gilded vines growing ferns
Vend flnwvra in aoldcn tints. Beau
tiuj floral offerings were sent by
r ether . churches in Brenham sod- by
numerous friends. .
Thla church was established by the
Southern Gorman conference of the
"Sjatbodist Episcopal church and for a
' long time was Known as tne uerman
Methodist church eervicea trains con
ducted in the German language. With
the massing of ''the years this sraa
ehaneod and now rtractlcallr all aer
vires are conducted in English with
an occasional Germsa aerrice for the
older members. After serring for
many years- the old church built in
' 1873-74 wss replaced by the modern
and nttrtftive church built in 1912-13
while Rer. "W. A. Moera was pastor.
The church nranertr also includes a
': MrsonMe bnilt last year at a cost ot
i fonov anff tn a l strict superintend-
' . 1... a WmIiim aaUAnM l
niso locaiea uere.
i :. Of the original 16 membera who
were present at the. dedication of .the
old church in 1874 6&ly three are now
living Mr. and Mrs. U A. Niebuhr
of-Brenham and Emil J. Nitscfae of
afarshill. The two former are still
active members of the church.
Of lb Ivhtn men whn rrMl
' jtbe cqurdi s pastor during its 60
- years sf e z.stence only seven are itv-
ing and all seven were present for
the fiftieth anniversary celebration.
. The cburch has a large and faithful
- congregation and the work is going
forward. Four- miniaters of the
V church wake their home in Brenham:
' Rer. H. M. Hopkins the pastor; Rev.
: A. A. Leifeste. the district superin
tendent; Rev: W. A. Moers who holds
service st I iiige each Sunday and
' Iter. Jacob Otr retired.
. The church is closely connected
L With Blinn Memorial college a Meth-
odist institution all members of the
: faculty being artire workers in the
church. President 1. L. Neu is a
. local preacher and often sunclies the
pulpit; Professor C. F. Schmidt is
superintendent of the Sunday school
'and Professor D. H. Fischer is di-
? rector of the choir. Practically all of
the college students attend the church
service.
CTTON
GROWERS
ORGANIZE AT LOTT
-t"' Houeton Poet Special.'
: ' MARLIX. Texaa. March 31.
atroag local organisation of the Tex-
aa Gorton associatmn membera at
' Lett was oerfected there. Batnrdav
aftsrnoon March '29 with the follow
lag -f fleer elected: R. W. . King
'. preaidant; E. A. Totnlinson rice pres-
fldent and Frank L. Hodges- secre-
Two important eommKteeS
elected: the cotton . ahiooina
committee composed of W- R- Patera
chatrman J. a. wunama and Anton
ixicctmp. xn ymemoersBtp commit-
iioo
tee la composed of F
chairman R. B. Walker F. M- In
k cram. A. NickemD. J.
Parnetl-and N. W. Xind.
B.
odges
4. In-
Dark Ben
A JJ.a.u. ... ta.J. L- . Tm..
Smith president of the Falls county
organisation T. W. Hander a State
director of the Texaa Cotton asso-
ciation sad. O. A. Pringle county
massgsr. . A number of cotton grow-
era who. -were not membera were in
attendasc and great interest was
manifested among them sereral ex-
Breaeina sentiments farorable to the
l It . 1 Afrt L.
Jr fectad.to become members later.
LONDON STRIKE SETTLED.
IjONDON. March 31. Striking
tramway-men voted today te aecept
ttarmd of a aattlement reached by
. their leaoera wun employers- last
week- ' .
" Work will be return ed-Tneeosy.' "
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a iiliililh.
mm
Economy of Government
Six iyionlh School
t Are. Promised
tsgxFo
if 1 wsaHda
" . Associated Press Report.
BURNET. Texaa March St.
Proclaiming nimaelf the candidate "of
all the people of Texas'' V. A. Coir
tins of Dallas candidate for governor.
began hia tour prAvest Texaa here
this afternoon.
"No man can. conscientiously take
the oath of offlce of corernor of Tex
as he Is pledged to turtner tne in-
terest of anv anednl body of veoole.
whether they be rich or poor" he
said. "I will be free to serve sll tne
people of TexaS without regard to
sect or creed. I bare never been good
a getting bloc votes because I re-
fuse to sacrifice my principles for
the sske of votes."
Vhs candidate launched into an V
tack on law enforcement officers who
"breach the constitution in their seal
to enforce a statute." He said bis
ambition was to "bring tne constitu-
tion hark into fashion.
The legislature ia appropriating
only enough money to run " your
schools on an average oi uree ana
three-quarter months a year. . I shall
insist if ..elected governor that it
furnish sufficient funds to run them
six months as provided oy ins consci-
tution . The people then can furnish
further funds for'jthe necessary nine
months' term." -
The Sneaker emphasised further
necemitr of strict econoiry lu thS ad1
ministration ot vatste; artairs .ana
pledged himself to eliminate waste.
He characterised aar "parrot talks; '
consolidation of departments ji a
mrsns ' to reduce taxes raying mar
were all ' departments created by
statute abolished it would effect the
tax rste only one and a half cents on
the $100 vslustion."
Benstor (Jouins win spesx in
passs tonight. .
BABY' DIES. -
CORSICANA Texas March 31.--
Elmo. 18-snonths-old son of C. D.
McWhorter died in the .Powell . oil
field last night. The famay moved
here recently from Bryan.
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9
0 DAY
Nataonal
Balloon Race
-Plane Flighu'Are
v Big Events
III aerial maneuvers. The ..Zodiac is
about again aa large aa tbe- F. 0.-SJ
which took part in the but dainentra
tlon at Kelly rfeWO.'V f.k .-
Twenty-flvS( t taoueand programs
cams on tne frees looay lor ucruu
tioa to thai thonsands of inquiriea that
bavs been received by mail regarding
the fiesta and balloon rare program-
ir Reduced rates on sll railroads aa
well as the spectacular nature of the
events baa led the local committee
in charge to make plan for the
greatest crowd of rlsitors that tliia
city baa ever entertained.
'. v Houston Post Special.
; RAM ANTONIO. Texas. March 31
King Antonio VIIl's entry to the cty
wittram roysi sttenaanu ami din eiuo-.
orate . reception at the historic Old
Alamo on Monday nigmt. April 21
will saark . the openinic of the most
elaborate and spectacular week's uru-
?ram that this city has ever planned
r .the-eelebratioa of tl victory .f
tho Terans at San Jacinto n April
21. .1880.
Sereral of San Antonio's leaders in
social and business affaim have been
prominently mentioned as the reigning
monarch. of San Antonio for the week
but-the choice of his royal highnens
will 'be kept' a secret as ususl. until
his "entry on the opening night of
fiesta.'
Nerer has any Texas city attempted
as spectacular an event as will he
tarM'afc Keltr Field when the na
tional 'bsDbon race takes place on
Wednesday aa a part of the fiesta
week's prof ram. The program at Kel
ly Field will open at 8 a. m. and con-
tinue untif 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
There will be events of the most spec
tacular natnre including races he-
tweett Ihe 8perry messengers. Martin
bombers De Harifand 4-Bs S. E. fie
and'M. B. 3-A planes the great air
fighters snd scouts which this nation
would depend upon In time of war.
Among the pilots announced sre found
tne nsmes oi some ot America s nest
known air men.
Records made by these ships and
over courses of similar length have
been carefully compiled by officers at
Kelly Field with the object in view of
shattering all previous air records for
speed during the dsy's events.
It was announced today from the
Bad Antonio aeronautical headquar-
ters that the Zodiac one of the largest
non-rigid dirigibles in the American
air service will be commissioned to
come to Kelly Field to participate in
SCHOOLS TO GET
FINAL PA!
MEN!
N As tie Bursas
The Heastsa Pst
AUSTIN Texas. March 31. At the
close of business Saturday there waa
in the general revenue fund of the
State treasury tr000.000. This
smount will be reduced spproximstely
$4000000 the first psrt of this week
when that amount will be transferred
to' the svsilsble school fund which
will be used to pay the final install-
ment on the $12 per capita school ap-
portionment. To date there has been $0 of this
apportionment paid to the schools of
the Htate. With the final sa pay
ment made early next week the en-
tire apportionment will have been
paid at the earliest date in the his-
tory of the 8tate.
The final narment of $3 will re
quire $3000000. based upon 1300.000
scholastics.
Farmers in Jackson
County Rushing Work
EDNA. Teiss. March SI. The
week lust closed was a very busy one
for the Jackson countr farmers. A
large acreage ot corn was planted
and a vnst amount of land prepared
for cotton. The farmers are behind
with their work but are using every
method possible to catch up. In some
insistences planters are following be-
hind the "middle buster" with s drsg
behind the planters.
WED AT CORSICANA.
CORSICANA Texas March 31.
Ioifls Christie and Miss Clara E.
Carter Richard Johnson and Miss
Estelle Jackson were married here
last night.
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IN KNOX COUNTY
Candidate Says -He
'Farmers Friend
Benjamin Talk
in
Associated Press Report.
BENJAMIN. Texas. March 81.-
Declaring himaelf the friend of the
farmer and the laborer. Lieutenant
Governor T. W. Davidson stated In a
campaign speech delivered here today
that no permanent prosperity can
come to any class as long as the
laborer is oppressed.
The problem of labor ia the prob
lem of every man" declared Mr. Da
vidson. "You might ss well lift
EL PASO TO VOTE
ON BONO ISSUE
Many Improvements Are
Planned by City
Council
or
undertake to lift yourself by your own originally asked for $1.300000.
bootstraps as to sttempt to Ming was laler reduced to $800000
Houston Post Special.
El. PAHO. Texas. March SI. Tax-
paving roters of El Paso mill be
called upon to vote upon a proposal
to issue $10411000 in bonds for the
school and municipal purposes. This
decision was reached by the city coun-
cil after the whool board had formal-
ly notified the council that it bad
igrei-d to hold its oortion nf tko knnH
ix.tie down to $."500000. The board
This
and
down permanent prosperity without I finally rut to $00000.
it coming throuch the channels of
labor. Where is the man today who
travels. upon the train or ia connect
ed with the railroad service either ss
owner or employe who would do swsy
with the air service: who would do
away with the electric headlight or
who would do away with the auto
matic coupler 7 These and others
hsve been demands of labor. They
are Inured to the benefit of labor and
to the ssfety of the passenger.
Former Uovernor 1-owden of 1 111 -
The tentstive ifata tnr k .iu.
has bern set for April :jO. or the
firt week in May. City Attorney
Mcott was instructed to begin the
preparation of the necessary reso-
lutions and notices at once which It
is necessary to. publish 80 daya be-
fore tho election can be held.
Besides the item for schools the
proposed bond issue provides for the
following city improvement projects'
Sewers. X100.nM) riv.. ' .1 '
jyj".-vj"' pox. eiuu.uuu:
wall. $40000; fire .stations $40000:
drainage $9000. - '' 'r
The. amount specified for Iba rarr
ens porposesTtbe eosuscir snooonced
will only provide for the minimum
needs. Nearly . all Items' have been
materially reduced soma of tbsm be-
ing reduced fully SO pe cent from
the amount originally estimated and
which will have to he 'nrovided for be
fore the final completion of the
projects. The council however felt
that the sum asked for would meet
the moat pressing need and keep the
project movins until such time aa
the rity would be warranted in asking
for an additional bond issue.
San l5
nois truthfully said at the Dallas fair $05000; street and alley 'gradinc
that no permanent prosperity can $50000; Rio Urande street retaininc
to the agricultural classes. There is
do reason why the raw material of
lexaa should be sent 300U miles swsy
or even serosa the sea to be manu-
factured into the finished product and
then shipped back to our people.
1 sm for all reasonable demands)
enito Organizes
20 Piece Brass Band
Houston Post Special
SAN BENITO Texaa. March 31.
Thia city will again have a band and
regular practice will begin the first
of the week in the band stand in the
park. About 20 members have signed
up and more are sought. Ihe band
will be directed by E. C. Ttlseth who
moved here with his family a few
months sgo from Minnesota and Is c
musician of wide experience. I'nder
his direction there is no doubt as to
the kind of a band San Benito will
have In a few months.
GONZALES SHIPS EGGS.
'fHINZAI.RS. Texss. Msreh 31.
Stahl Brothers local produce dealers
shipped out two car loads of eggs the
past week. This firm has snipped
a number of cars of egg this sea-
son to the Northern markets and
Cuba. The price quoted on the local
market for the past couple of weeks
has been 13 cent per doen.
S.U.SEOI0iiliGI.L
END
Houston Post Special.
GEORGETOWN Texas March 31.
The senior class of Southwestern uni-
versity. Perry Leverett ef Hlllsborn
presiding bar made the first con-
tribution to the building of ' library
for - Southwestern university. The
class gars $S0O in cash and'SSOQ to
be paid within one year. ' -
A plan Is under . consideration by
the administration to raise not lesa
than S200.000 for the erection of
Cody Memorial library fas memory of
the late Dr. Claud Carr Cody.
M1
Marble Falls Masons ' y'
To Organize De Molays
Houston Post Special" ' . f
nt RNET Texas March Sl-Let- '
ters temporary granting permission ;
for the organisation of DeMolay
chapter in Marble Falls to be foe-
tered by the ttoyai Arcn cnapiers.
have been received from the grand
council of the State. The organise-
tin will be formed at an early date.8
The grand council baa appointed the
following Masons to constitute une .
advisory council of the chapter to' be -organizd:
E. Felps chairman; J. A. . '
Askew. John Taylor. P D. 8elf O
I. Hundley. H. E. FSuMon. Anstia '
Fowler. I. W. Hooper and W. S.
Furley. . . ' I. s -
or labor so long ss they
tent with the idesls of
are onis-
demorrstic
government. No permanent pros
perity can come to any class when
the laborer is oppressed. I am proud
to be railed his friend.
GONZALES BABY DIES.
GONZALES. Texas. March 81.-
Roiella. little 3-year-old daughter of
Mrs. K. Harney Ferreil. died Satur
day morning and funeral services were
conducted at the family residence Sun
day afternoon by Rev. W. K. Penrod.
after which interment was made in
the Masonic cemetery. The little girl's
father died about nine months sgo.
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Will Surely Find You Up Front
Many women undoubtedly have chosen their entire Spring outfits
early which speaks well for their wisdom. Now with Easter approaching-
in fact only a matter of days there is every nred for
your early selection of the all important items of dress. This store
is amply prepared to serve you. It is ready with the countless
things of apparel so necessary in putting your best foot forward
during the Easter Fashion Parade. Suits Dresses Coats Capes
Scarfs 'Millinery Shoes Hats Lingerie Gloves. Hosiery and nu-
merous accessories.
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to care for Fine Linoleum Floors
f'i! 'Ill ll
Women's Neckwear
Newest Styles
A FLOOR of Armstrong's Linoleum laid the
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quire harsh scrubbing. It will be the easiest of
all floors to clean ifyou wax it.
' This waxing is easy simple' and inexpensive.
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A woti phfHU laying
To lay linoleum for permanent beauty there is
' onoertain proved - and proper way. First a
lining of builders' dspninc felt is pasted to the .
bare wood flooc Then .the linolwnm is pasted to
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waterproof cement is qawTThis work is done by
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pp.'. The TrnrnVhrn' 'doesnt h doesn't wrin-
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Varmsk printed Imolettm
Printed linoleum should be var-
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Mannish Vests
Mannish Vests are the season's most pop-
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Heatings
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Peter Pan Collars
In lace nets organdea and linen; In
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The "BeDevue"
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A smart n.w pattern of more than
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tured with small clastic and oru-
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round toe.
mcL8dn:bMk.r...$10.00
Ivory Kid. tanbark sued fSA fkfs
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