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An election held *t Alice on a
proposition to raise the tax rale; In
the Alice independent school district
from 50 cehts to $1 was defeated by a
vote of 147 to 78.
Farmers in Walker County are, tak-
ing advantage of the fine cotton grow-
ing days and are busy having the orop
chopped out. v
Crop conditions in Matagorda Coun-
ty are promising. ;
The attorney general’s department
bad approved La Grange Independent
district school house bonds aggregat-
ing $115,000. These bonds mature
serially and bear 5 per cent interest.
Texas wool growers in general are
fully determined not to sell the remain-
der of their clips at present prices
and little is expected to be put on the
market until fall, when the short
fleeces will be marketed.
The statewide conference of educa-
tors and others interested in the edu-
cational survey ordered by the recent
legislature, which had been set for July
12 at Waco, has been postponed until
the latter part of August at a confer-
ence of leaders in the movement.
An election held at Brazoria Satur-
day on the proposition to issue bonds
to the amount of $25,000 was carried.
The bonds will be used to construct a
bard-surfaced road on the main high-
why leading from the Brazos River
bridge to within six miles of Angle-
ton, the county seat.
The attorney general, in an opinion
this week, held that Nueces County
can not use remitted tax money to
build any part of a deep water project,
but must confine expenditures to con-
structing a breakwater or seawall, in
accordance with the terms of the act
giving the state taxes for twenty-five
year|i for that specific purpose.
$ Every -car of whJat shipped from the
plains country of Texas since the har-
vest of the new crop started has been
graded hard red winter No. 1, the high-
est classification given. Although more
than seventy-five carloads have been
Inspected by J. B. Wallace, licensed
Inspector, not one of them tested less
than sixty pounds per bushel, he said.
Summarizing the work of the State
supreme court for the term just closed
shows there were 1116 items disposed
of. These were divided into appli-
cations for writ of error acted on 513;
cases and applications to file petitions
for mandamus disposed of 272 and
motions acted upon 331. The total
, number of cases pending and undis-
posed of totals 240.
The seventeenth annual convention
pf the Texas Commercial Exe-
Association will be held at
Worth, July 19-21. “Textile Mills
” discussions will be heard,
its and chairmen of the vari-
• committees of many chambers of
of Texas are "working on
plans to establish such mills in their
^respective territories.
Washington and Orange counties
shave agreed to the whole time county
it work on the $10,000 basis, insur-
health officer, nurse and sani-
tary engineer, according to State
■Health Officer W. H. Beazley. ThiB
is under the rural sanitary engineer-
ing co-operative arrangement. There
are funds available for eight or ten
more counties on the fifty-fifty basis.
The O. K. lignite mine, fourth in a
group of four lignite mines in the Gar-
rison vicinity, loaded its first car of
coal July 5. Only a small force of
men are at work now, but in less than
two weeks there will be a force of
at least 75 in this mine, -with a pay
roll of about $4000 monthly. It is esti-
mated that there is enough lignite in
the beds on this lease to make at
•least seven years for each shaft, work-
ling a 45-foot circumference, to ex-
haust
CROP IS ESTIMATED
AT 3,910,000 BALES
The Acreage Is 14,077,000,
A 15 Per Cent Increase
Over Last Year.
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Houston, Tex.—Texas will produce
approximately 3,910,000 bales of cotton
this year, according to the condition
and acreage as surveyed June 25 by
H. H. Shutz, statistician for the state
of the United States department of ag-
riculture, and announced this week.
Conditions are 77 per cent normal.
The acreage is 14,077,000, which is a
15 per Cent increase over last year’s
acreage. ■
The report is as follows: “The grow
ing condition of the cotton crop in
Texas remains unchanged since the re-
port a month ago. The condition is
better than in any of the important
states of the cotton belt.
It is usual for the crop to improve
during June; in fact, only twice, in
1917 and 1919, of the past decade, has
cotton showed a lower condition on
June 25 than on May 25 in Texas. The
ten-year average for June 25 is 78; the
present condition of the crop is 77 per
cent. <.
As was indicated earlier in the year,
the acreage planted to cotton has
shown a substantial increase and more
land is devoted to this crop in the
state this year than ever before in its
history. With 12,241,000^ June 25, 1922,
and 11,874,000 picked, the preliminary
acreage report for this year indicates
an increase of 15 per cent in the acre-
age now standing, A considerably
larger area was planted, but due to
cut worms, grasshoppers, floods, rains,
windstorms, many acres were abandon-
ed altogether or replaced with feed
crops. It is estimated that the acre-
age standing totals 14,077,000 acres,
which, with a condition of 77 per cent,
forecasts a production of approximate-
ly 3,910,000 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight, providing average conditions
prevail until picking time.^
No Mercy for Capital “Blind Pigs”
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ASKINGTON.—The period
of leniency for purveyors of
contraband liquor j,n Wash-
ington hotels, cafes, tea
gardens, near-beer saloons and other
places is about over.
The practice of the federal prohibi-
tion authorities in New York city of
closing for any and all purposes the
establishments that violate the law
will be carried out here within a few
days, It was learned in the district at-
torney’s-office.
This means that most rigid “pad-
lock" injunctions will be enforced to
make Washington dry. Heretofore the
“padlock" Injunctions, have served to
prevent only the sale of liquor in this
or that establishment and did not
close a cafe or saloon altogether, as
has been done in New York.
Hereafter, it was stated, the injunc-
tions will be obtained in the District
Supreme court for the purpose of ac-
tually sealing up and locking the
cafe, Saloon or hotel that persists in
serving liquor. This means that a
place so “padlocked” cannot be used
for any purpose whatsoever for one
year. Washington landlords will be
the losers and so will the person ac-
cused of selling liquor, as an injunc-
tion closing up a place altogether will
virtually mean that the offender will
have to go out of business.
Certain well-known cafes, it was
stated, which cater to well-to-do pa-
trons, are under suspicion of selling
liquor concealed in bread, coffee and
teapots, napkins, candlesticks and cat-
sup bottles—to say nothing of mustard
jars.
It appearsr that the law had one
eye closed during Shrine week, but
now both eyes are opened, and the
government is preparing not only to
serve writs of the most drastic of
injunctions, but will proceed immedi-
ately against second offenders through
the medium of grand jury indictments.
It is also known that the bootleg-
ging fraternity overestimated the
quantity of liquor salable during
Shrine 'week and is now attempting
to' unload as fast as possible. The re-
sult of all this haste is, it was learned,
that the bootleggers are taking more
chances than ordinarily.
Assistant District Attorney Frank
J. Kelly, who Is in charge of the li-
quor prosecutions in the criminal
courts. Is preparing to uphold the gov-
ernment’s right to prevent the com-
mission of the offense of bootlegging
by enjoining suspects before they have
opportunity to continue their illicit
business Indefinitely.
It has been ascertained that the
prosecution has found ample authori-
ty to anticipate crime and prevent It.
TEXAS WILL DISPLAY
ITS POSSIBILITIES
Manufacturers Association to
Emphasize Importance of
Buying Texas Products.
BOLL WEEVIL TEST
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Experiment Is Being Made on
Farm Near Corpus
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COTTON CROP FORECAST
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Washington. — This year’s cotton
crop was forecast at 11,412,000 bales
Friday by the" department of agricul-
ture/'
The forecast was based on the con-
dition of the crop on June 25, which
was 69.9 per cent of normal, and on
the preliminary estimate of the area
under cultivation at that time, which
wag 38,287,000 acres, or 12.6 per cent
more than last year's area on that
date.
The acreage estimate and oondltlon
on Jane 25, by states, follow: y
Virginia, 83,000 acres, and condition
90 per cent of normal; North Carolina,
1.704.000 and 80; South Carolina,
2.049.000 and 64; Georgia, 3,927,000
and 66; Florida, 171,000 and 65; Ala-
bama, 3,312,000 and 68; Mississippi,
3.353.000 and 67; Louisiana, 1,316,000
and 69; Texas, 14,077,000 and 77; Ar-
kansas, 3,025,000 and 66; Tennessee,
1.193.000 and 67; Missouri, 394,000 and
62; Oklahoma, 3,357,000 and 64; Cali-
fornia, 235,000 and 91; Arizona, 133,000
and 91.
ARTIES sent out by the Nation-
al Geographic society and the
American Museum of Natural
History are digging up ancient
buried tree trunks and stumps in Ari-
zona and New* Mexico in order to put
together a connected history of the In-
dians who built pueblos and lived
there in a fairly advanced state of civ-
ilization centuries ago. ^ •*.
An accurate chronology may be
worked out, it is believed, by the
method developed by Dr, A. E. Doug-
lass, professor of astronomy and phy-
sics at the University of Arizona. A
cross-section of a modern or ancient
tree in the hands of Doctor Douglass
is an almanac or annual register of
the period in which it lived. When
enough buried trees of various ages
have been studied it is believed that
an exact year-to-year history of the
climate in any given region may be
worked out. When this study has been
completed the age of various ruins
may be fixed exactly by comparing
cross-sections of timber found in them
with the cross-sections of trees of vari-
ous periods.: i’.
The rings which appear on the tree
between the core and the outer sur-
face vary from year to year, according
to climate and other conditions. The
first ring about the core Is formed dur-
ing the first year of the tree’s life.
The second ring encircling the first
grows in the following year, and so on.
This process has been kept up for
more than 3,000 years in some of the
giant redwoods of California. The
rings are distinctly marked, because
the growth is different In spring and
summer from what it is in the rest of
the year. There Is a difference in the
cell growths of the fall which makes
a dark color in the ring, so that each
year’s growth is clearly written on
the cross-section of the tree.
The application of the study, of an-
nual tree rings to history and ar-
cheology lies in the fact that ancient
beams, rafters and furniture will all
show the varying tree ring patterns of
the trees from which they were cut.
If trees enough are found to trace the
annual variations back several hun
dred or a few thousand years, a stand-
ard of comparison would exist which
would enable the expert to match an
ancient beam or piece of furniture
with the ring-pattern of its period,
thus fixing the age almost exactly.
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Exodus -of Mexican Labor.
San Antonio, Tex.—An, exodus
Mexican laborers from Texas to North-
ern and Eastern points, which author-
ities say is the biggest in history,
threatens, a labor shortage here and
may result in an increase in wages
and of prices of locally manufactured
products. Expert estimates given by
local railroad officials place the nura
her of Mexican laborers shipped.from
and through San Antonio to Northern
and Eastern points, sometimes in car-
load lots, at approximately 15,000
within the last ninety days.
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A movement is under way to secure
additional labor for the cotton pick-
ing season in the Rio Grande valley
and in several communities committees
have been appointed to arrange for-
Mexican laborers sufficiently to handle
the cotton crop. In the Mercedes and
Weslaco sections, where a large acre-
age has been planted, arrangements
have been concluded to secure a large
supply of labor.
Import, export and coastwise ship-
ping figures for June and for the first
six months of 1923, compiled by the
navigation and canal commission of-
fice, show a remarkable expansion of
Houston port business and a notable
Increase as compared with correspond-
ing data for 1921 and 1922. Cargoes
totaling over 250,000 tons were han-
• died through the port in June alone.
They represented a total investment
Of more than $10,000,0,00.
Houston skyscrapers started during
the first half of the present year have
run the total amount of building per-
mits more than $4,000,000 beyond the
amount issued during the first six
months of 1923<
Only 13 aliens had been admitted
through the Brownsville port when in
formation was received from Washing-
ton that the July quotas on many na-
tionalities had been exhausted. Forty
or fifty Europeans were in Matamoros
awaiting an opportunity to enter, but
will be obliged to wait another month.
Eight Syrians, two Spaniards, two
Greeks and one South African were
admitted. Immigration officials state
that there are between 4000 and 5000
Europeans in Northern Mexico await-
ing an opportunity to secure entrance
$o this country, _
To Abolish 12-Hour Day.
New York.—Influx into Northern in-
dustrial centers of negroep from the
South and laborers from Mexico, the
Philippine Islands, Canada and a few
European countries soon will make
possible abolishment of the twelve-
hour day in the steel industry; Elbert
H. Gary, chairman of the board of the
United States Steel Corporation, de-
olared Saturday. ~f a
HE army’s new “two-and-a-
half-planer” air giant, known
as the Barling bomber, the hig-
hest thing yet in flying ma-
chines, will soon be tested at Wilbur
Wright field, Dayton, O., the War de-
partment, baying announced the selec-
tion of Lieut Leigh Wade and Harold
R. Harris as pilots for the flight. The
ship measures 120 feet from tip to tip,
is powered with six Liberty motors^
weighs 40,000 pounds, and will have a
flying speed of not less than ninety
miles an hour.
“If the performance In flight is sat-
isfactory,” which will be known by the
official report, the department’s an-
nouncement said, “the air service en-
gineering division at Dayton will have
achieved the credit of putting in the
air the largest successful airplane in
the world.”
The plane was designed for the air
service by Walter H. Barling. It was
constructed by the Wlttemann Air
Graft corporation of Hasbrouck
Heights, N. J. While it is generally
rated as a triplane, the “mid plane” is
so narrow as to prompt the expression
“two-and-a-haif-planer,’’ The gasoline
capacity Is 2,000 gallons and oil 181
gallons, and—a minimum operating
crew of four will be required.
“Specifications require that not more
than 5,000 pounds of bombs shall be
carried at one time,” the announce-
ment added, “but were anything so
large as a 10,000-pound bomb devel-
oped the Barling could lift and fly
with It for two hours.”
Spruce and “1G0,000-pound steel”
were used in construction, as com
pared with the 150,000-pound nickel
steel used in building the navy’s trans-
Atlantic flyer NC-4. Of the fuselage
construction the statement said:
“Six-inch shells probably could pass
through the tall portion without bring-
ing the plane down. There are no
vital longerons or wires which if shot
would end the flight.”
The ship is scheduled to have a 12-
hour full-speed flight capacity and will
carry seven guns, sweeping the whole
field of approach of enemy machines.
Controls of the six motors are central-
ized for operation through a single
control stick, added features being
means of shutting down the engines
on one side without reducing the drive
of the others to aid in negotiating
“power turns.” Pilot controls are In
duplicate, with the two pilots sitting
side by side, permitting frequent
changes in flight.
San Antonio, Tex.—That Texas is
developing into an industrial state is
brought out in a statemerit this week
by G. M. Knebel, executive vice presi-
dent of the Texas State Manufacturers
Association.
“Texas is in the limelight today as
possibly it has never been before, and
will continue so to be for years to
come. We have a land area of 262,-
298 square miles, with a population
of 4,663,228, which is about 18 per-
sons to every square mile of our ter-
ritory. We have on deposit in the
banks of Texas $844,554,000; the value
of our farm crops in Texas, according
to the 1920 census, was $1,071,527,000;
during 1922 Texas produced 116,670,-
000 barrels of petroleum, more than
3,000,000 bales of cotton, 158,037,000
bushels of corn, oats and wheat. Tex-
as has more than 6,000,000 cattle,
2,862,000 sheep and 2,326,000 swine.
Texas has a railway mileage of more
than 16,000. The assessed Texas prop-
erty value is $3,380,000,000. Our com-
mon school expenditure is over $30,-
000,000 annually. Every citizen of
Texas is proud of his citizenship, and
the eyes of the world are turning to-
ward Texas and its unlimited possibili-
ties.
To those not informed, little Would
be thought of Texas as a manufactur-
ing state. However, we lead all South-
ern states in the value of our manu-
factured products, which, according to
the 1920 United States census, amount-
ed to just $4,000 less than $1,000,000,-
000, or $999,996,000.
“In order to remind^the people of
Texas of the importance of our man-
ufacturing industries, the Texas State
Manufacturers Association will in-
augurate, during the early fall, a state-
wide movement, to be known as “Made
In Texas” week. Governor Neff will
be requested to issue a proclamation
calling for a statewide observance of
the week. ‘Made in Texas’ week will
open at high noon on a Monday with
the blowing of sirens, whistles, etc.
in every community within the State
of Texas. In many Te^as cities trade
parades will be given featuring Texas-
made products, or home industry prod-
ucts. All civic, business and luncheon
clubs throughout the state will be re-
quested to co-operate by furnishing
speakers on Texas industries and Tex-
as-made products during their weekly
meetings. Manufacturers, jobbers,
dealers and merchants will be request-
ed to make special displays in show
windows and their places of business,
of Texas-made products and to feature
‘Made in Texas’ week in their display
advertising.
“Outlines of the program will be fur-
nished every community within the
state, and this can be changed in any
way desired. It is of the greatest im
portance that every community stand
back of its industries, and those of
the state as a whole, by paying more
attention, in placing contracts and
making purchases, to Texas-made prod-
ucts. There are some 150,000 people
employed in the industries of Texas
and for the future welfare of the state
these workers should have constant
employment. We can expect our state
to grow along industrial lines in the
same proportion as we stand back of
our industries, for it is then that new
capital will seek investments within
our state. We should learn to live at
home, convert our raw materials into
the finished products, consume what
we need in the state, and sell the re-
mainder to clothe and feed the world.
Every citizen of Texas will be expect-
ed to give active support and co-op-
eration to this statewide movement
not only during ‘Made in Texas’ week
but now and every day in the year.”
San Antonio, Tex. — Experiments
with the Florida system of boll weevil
extermination at th$ United States ex-
perimental farm on the Corpus Christi
road is being watched with interest by
the cotton planters throughout South’
west Texas. The experiments were
started when it was believed that the
boll weevil had come out of hiberna;
tion for the summer. The success of
the experiments will be determined at
the close of the season or some time(
in August when the cotton is ready to*
be picked.
According to the Florida system of
combating the boll weevil, the work
is started when the squares on cotton
begin to appear. The squares formed
at that time are taken off and a poison-
solution of calcium arsenate is inject*
ed in the terminal bud. By plucking
the first squares on the cotton the
plant becomes rid of the eggs or larvae
which form on the bloom and the In-
jection of the poison solution gives the
boll weevil no place to eat in the ter->
minal bud.
Between June 10 and August 1, it
is said, the boll weevil remains in the
cotton fields, but after this time-they
migrate and spread among the grow-
ing cotton and even go from field to
field. The damage, however, to the
planter who takes the Initial steps to
check the boll weevil according to the
Florida system is very slight and his
crop can be marketed at a fair profit.
Experiments similar to that being
carried On at the United States experi-
mental farm In San Antonio are being
tried at Greenville. ,
The- cotton planters of Texas are
using a number of means to combat
the boll weevil, but should the Florida
system of exterminating this blight to
the cotton crop prove successful, It
will be used almost universally by the
cotton growers of the state next sea-;
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HIGH COURT DECISION ON
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING
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Austin, Tex.—Holding that pooling
of farm products for sale is authorized;
in the co-operative market act, and
that contracts made for such purpose?
are enforceable, the supreme court
Monday reversed and remanded thsi
case of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton
Association against J. C. Stovall of
Ellis County. The court’s decision sets
a precedent on co-operative marketing:
in Texas.
The test suit resulted from refusal
of the defendant to deliver his cotton;
to the plaintiff association for sale£
In the trial court it was contended that.
the contract was “unilateral, uncertain.
In terms, and therefore not susceptible/
of specific performance.” It was fur-1 *
ther contended tjiat the contract was
not one for purchase or sale, and tha$'
it lacked mutuality. The supreme*
court overruled all of these exceptions*
which were sustained both by the dis-
trict court and court of civil appeals a^
Dallas.
“In general, if it is manifest from!
the contract that It was . intended titW
should pass and the price be paid, ths
transaction constitutes a sale,” the
court’B opinion, written by Chief Jus-
tice Cureton, declared.
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Aliens Seek Entrance.
San Antonio, Tex.—Hundreds of Eo-
ropean aliens have begun to arrive at
Nuevo-Laredo, Mexico, having come to
seek entrance into this country undefi
the new quotas which became effective
July 1, according to Captain William
Hanson, chief immigration inspector
of district 22. Two years’ residence in
Mexico is required of these people be-
fore the United States government will
recognize them for entrance.
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HIGHWAY AMENDMENT
TO BE VOTED ON JULY 28
China’s Cotton Crop.
Washington. -—China’s commercial
cotton crop this year is officially fore-
cast at 2,200,000 bales, according to
a cablegram from Commercial Attache
Julian Arnold at Pekin. This total
Is an increase of 10 per cent over last
year's crop.
German Princess’ Kin Lose Suit Here
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Mercedes Gins First Bale.
Mercedes, Tex.—The first bale of
the 1923 cotton season from the Mer-
cedes community was ginned last week
"by the Valley Gin Company from cot-
ton raised by C. T. Brockington. The
bale weighed 550 pounds and graded
strict middling and was purchased by
the Valley Gin Company.
Watson Appointed.
Washington —Appointment of H. V
Watson of Albuquerque. N. M., as
chairman of the committee in charge
of the war corporation’s agricultural
loan agency in New Mexico, was an-
nounced Thursday.
Disastrous Fire at Goldfield.
Tonopah, Nev—The town of Gold-
field, with the exception of six build-
ings, were., burned to the ground Fri-
■ day,
RINCE Georg Ernest Herrman
Robert Rochud Mandrup zu Ly-
nar, Count Georg Felix Moritz
Wilhelm Alexander zu Lynar
and Countess Jane Georglana Marga-
retta Sophie Isabella jsu Lynar. chil-
dren of the Princess Amelia zu Lynar,
who died at Llndau, Germany, October
8, 1920, will have to be satisfied with
the handling of their mother’s Ameri-
can estate by Col. Thomas W. Miller,
alien property custodian, according to
a decree signed by Chief Justice Mc-
Coy In equity court.
The estate amounts to about $750,-
000 In real estate, stocks and bonds,
which Princess Amelia Inherited from
the estate of her father, the late
George M. Parsons, of Columbus, O.,
a lawyer and member of the Ohio
legislature. Some of the real estate
lies adjacent to the state capltol at
Columbus. This property was seized
shortly after the declaration of war
against Germany.
Lawrence R. Pugh, ancillary admin-
istrator of the estate of the Princess
Amelia, brought suit against Mr. Mil-
ler to recover the estate so that he
could administer It for the benefit of
the three children, who are residents
of Germany and citizens of the Ger-
man republic. The government did not
contest the allegation that the prop-
erty originated entirely within the
United States and had no German con-
nection except as to the claimants.
The suit for recovery was dismissed
on a motion by Mr. Miller, who con-
tended that Mr. Pngh had not alleged
an Illegal seizure, nor had he any right
or Interest in the property except as
administrator. Mr. Miller also con-
tended that none of the heirs has filed
a claim, and that Mr. Pugh as admin-
istrator could not qualify as a claim-
ant. The court was also Informed that
the property was being held for the
sole benefit of the heirs, and that there
was no need for a change of custodi-
ans.
This case is similar to that of
Countess Johianna von Bemstorff, wife
of the former German ambassador to
the United States, who. recently re-
covered about $1,000,000 worth of
seized property. This property was In-
herited by the countess from the estate
of her father, a merchant of New York
city. The countess herself filed the
claim.
In the Zu Lynar case none of the
claimants has entered any suit for re-
covery.
Austin, Tex.—The highway amend-
ment to be voted on July 28 may be
void and a nullity. This fact became
known this week as a result of a care-
ful reading of section 1, article 17,
state constitution, which provides the
method of submitting constitilflonal
amendments. It provides, among other
things, that the “proposed amendments
shall be duly published once a week
for four weeks, commencin^at least
three months before an election.” The
question has been raised that the pub-
lication of the amendment did not be-
gin “at least three months before the
election” of July 28. To have complied
with that specific language publication
should have started not later than
April 28. The joint resolution was ap-
proved March 25. No state official pro-
fessed to know when publication be-
gan and declared they had no record to
show it.
Kingsville's First Bale.
Kingsville, Tex.—Kingsville's first
bale of cotton for the 1923 season was
brought to town Wednesday by An-
tonio and Alfred Ortegon, who are
working the J. R. Trussed farm. The
bale was ginned by the Farmers’ Gin
Company and weighed 487 pounds
after ginning.
Member of Legislature Resigns.
Austin, Tex.—A. L. Pinkston of
Tenaha, Shelby County, has resigned
as a member of the legislature, giving
business reasons.
Alvin District Expects Good Crops.
Alvin, Tex.—With the favorable
weather of the last two weeks, -tbs
farmers in the Alvin section are ex-,
peering the best cotton crop since 1918.
Though the acreage is not large, con-
ditions are good, and signs of insect
damage are not sufficient to cause
alarm. A number of hay outfits are
running now.
The Gibbons-Dempsey Fight.
Shelby, Mont.—At the end of the 1$-
round heavyweight championship bat-
tle on July 4 between Jack Dempsey
and Tommy’ Gibbons the challenger
was going good, Dempsey failing to
knock him out, as was the. general
opinion, although Dempsey won the de-
cision on points.
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General Revenue Deficit.
Austin, Tex—Deficit in the state
general revenue has passed the $2,000,-
000 mark, State Treasurer Terrell an-
nounced this week. With two months
remaining in the present fiscal year,
it is expected the deficit will reach
nearly $4,000,000 by the close of the
year.
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Asks Opinion on Sulphur Tax.
Austin, Tex.—Opinion as to legality
and provisions cf the newly enacted
sulphur tax act was ^requested of the
attorney general’s department by State
Controller Smith as a result of in-
quiries from-sulphur firms. The ques-
tions raised pertain particularly to col-
lections under the original sulphur act
passed by the second called session.
The act was repealed by the third ses-
sion and anonther enacted. The stat-
ute placed a 2H per cent gross produo*
tiojrtax on sulphur.
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San Patricio County News (Sinton, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1923, newspaper, July 12, 1923; Sinton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth719014/m1/2/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sinton Public Library.