Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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BaijSMay. *«s
Texas Items
btAekharry crop
oa«.
ul T«ui U A
♦ A poultry MuorUtion baa
finned la Ooltad County.
Tt»o
,!)•>**
dewberry crop this season tu
»«« « utobcjwakur
** Rusk County has Ju*t r<o«*il an Moo.-
#(X> good road* bonds UittlA.
ii,. . entk n 01 th* Texas Klka
/Aaspcl.ittou win br held In Onlveston
In June .
Beaumont U lo aoou have a million-
doUur lioial, of tan stories, with about
1(0 room*.
* <7 '
Severe wind and hall atoruia have
hit many I • ' <>: '.■«!'
tau.-li lUiuiii.. .....op* ' \ '
LATEST RETURNS FROM
THE ELECTION IN TEXAS
SINN FEINERS CHEER DUNNE. RYAN AND WALSH
Late Return* Shave Adoption of Throe
Amendment* and the Rejection
of One.
Tho latest return* tu datu from HaU '
Uiday a nlatUitn la a* follow*.
AD election haa boon oj-Uer»"l lu La
vac* County ttl determine whntbor a
special road tax aball ba levied and
polleetad.
“Tarm«• re of 'WaaTiTfi*1 on ainTadJ AcfcttT"
count lo* are reaping the bouoflt*
from a ready market at Branham fur
their croamvry product*.
The Dell County Shoep and Oont
Breeders' Aeeoclallon has dvalguatcd
Tuesday. June 3. as selling day for
(be Dell County wool clip.
Dalta* haa been selected as the k>
cation (or the manufacture of macbln
pry and Implement* for the drilling
and operating of oil walls
Arrangements are under way for th«
Annual convention of the Te^pa Stale
Bar Association, which will he In see
slou in Oalveeton oc July 1 and 2.
Reports coming from the south part
of the state indicates a bumper crop
of corn, broom corn, grain sorghums,
all aorta of feedstuff*. melons, vege-
tables and the citrus fruit*
Rapresanlatlve Briggs has Intro-
duced bills calling upon the war de>
, , partment to donate captured German
cannon to the cities of Oalveatdn.
Palestine. Crockett. Conroe, Oroveton,
Ltvfngvton. Liberty, Anahuar.
rllle and Cold Springs.
1
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Damage of approximately |JM0 re-
sulted when the framework of the
celling on the fourth floor of the state
capitol at Austin overhanging the
Starway on the west aide of the build-
ing gava way. Ton* of plastering, lath
and timbers fell, the crash creating
alarm throughout the eapKol.
Tho totals on the four amettdmeui
are from iki- of Urn 24k oiganisud |
couniiea, and the total* are a* lol j
lows.
For suffrage, *9,716; against. 93.3W. ,
l\>r prohibition. I>d.423; against, hi,- ]
MU.
For Hovet noi 'a *alary luoiv*»o, 74.» |
TM, against. lftMH.'
For home owluualilp, 96.222; against. I
kl.»44
U !* evident that the total vote cunt 1
la aansMeeably (oner i|haa the lira* |
estimate. j
No roiurti* have h<,t«n received from
41 counties, a ftrw of Umui of con-
siderable voting atrougth. The list I*
a* follows: Angelina, Archer. Handera,
Jtaylor, Borden, Hurnot, Cm non, t’iiwm
bets, I'oke, t'outwl, Comanche, t oliUh
Della, Dlt-kena, Dimuiil, lluval. Galltee,
Glasscock, llauaford, Hartley. Hemp
bill. Hudspeth, Hutchinson, Irion, Jeff
Liu via. Jim \' <IK KtSLt i' (j! I Jtmb J
l.lpaeoiuh, l.tvo Ouk, Mason. Mi Mulltn. I
Menard. Moore, Newton. Orange. Far j
tuer. Presidio, Heal, Sait AbKUStln*.
Kchlelcher, Rherman. Hoaierveil. Starr.
Htouewall. Sutton, Upton. Ward. Wink
ler. /Jtpata.
Because of lack of interest In many |
counties It has been Impossible to get
complete returns, nnd It Is evident 1
that some days will elapse bcft*re com
ploto totals will be known.
It Is'interesting to note that Browns-
▼tile, the home ot Mr* J H; Welia, •
chulrmrui of tiio anti suffrage ram
palgu, ill this slate, went 2 to 1 for >
aufrrage and gave u heavy majority
for prohibition, and that the city of
Ualvealou. the homo^ul Mrs Minnie !
Flatter t.'unniugham. president of (be ,
Texas Kqusl Rnffrage Association, '
gave for suffrage 1,203 and against
| .7 ami for prohibition 1.U20.
against 2.791
fODipMs unofficial returns from 62
of the 94 voting boxes In Harris j
County show that ihe tour rnnamu- j
tlonal amendments and five bond
ameioltneuts arid five bond iaauea all
received majority vbU-e in the elec- •
tlon Saturday. The fond ownership
amendment varrled with the largest
majority.
MISSING BRITISH AVIATORS
ARE PICKED UP AT SEA
Hawker and Orleve Reacukd by Tramp
•learner gOO Mdes From
Land.
tendon.- Missing for six day* and
virtually given up for loat, Harry Q.
TEXAS
HEROES
THE
HONOR
ROLL
Tha follow mg are tuv names of
TEXAS BOYS who have given up
their live* for their country, or who
- . . „ , have been wounded, captured or eslaa-
t ommsuder Maekenile Grieve, llrlt- j , _
tsh airmen, who eswayett a flight
ttcrose the Atlantic Ocpan without pro-
tection agt^lusl ilDaater save what
tug on tbw battlefields of Kuropa:
KILLED IN ACTION.
Fvt. Urtn M. Neill, Aligns.
DIED OF DI8EAGE.
Fvt. I.utIter 8 llagler, Ullmor.
PvL lloury Hurp. Sun Augustine
Corp Harney M. Hodge, lirow nwood.
DIED OF ACCIDENT.
ihtdr frail slrpisne Afforded, ard safe
Some lluo udU-s out from Newfound-
land and Hop miles from the Irish
i coast on Monday. May 19, the avi-
1 »tor*. making the best of nn engine
1 whirl) wua fulling to function proper-
I ly, were ctviupalled to alight on the ^
•water The turht thvfitrh steamer • rvT. Thutna* UTTlIoOft'. noutron.
, Mary, bound from New Orleuiui and pv, vt'lllie AlbnH>ka. jefferaou.
Norfolk for Anrhau*. Denmark, pick- lkI
ed up the way fare) , and continued WOGNOED IN ACTION.
' on her northward voyage. 8gt. Oney W. Lumpkin. Mile*.
Lacking a wireless outfit the captain pvt. Charles W. Carnahau. Houston
I of the steamer was obliged to withhold | Fvt Willie I'atllff. Bowie, _
rnr* a«s~d titimus of ilVe rescue untTI | |*\t' llert Ueruld, TLeuunionT'
Finn i't-lner* nt the Mutislou House, Dublin, cheering (C. 1\ I•trtivi. Mlchuet K, Itymi snd 1 rank I’. Wulslt.
were sent ncroas |iy the Irish AnieTtcait s%»ctetl*-s lo help llie ouse of tree Ireland
w ho
CAPTURED GERMAN U-BOAT AGROUND AT HASTINGS
Leader Says.
-H, Harper
. Jv \ \
rest'ue
| he was optatslt* )h*> Bull of Lewis, , |*\t
where the information wae signaled. , Fvt
The London (tally . Mail, w hich of"I vllle.
ferwl a p)>rse of iKTi.OOd for the first Fvt
' flight b.v g hcavler-lhan air craft aero** 1 Fvt
; the Atlantic Ocean, will give Hawker i Fvt
j and Grieve a consolation prise of Grove
, 6.000 pounds
Hawker and Grieve were in the wa-
ter ninety minutes
The modest Hawker home nenr Sur-
bilou was outekiy the center of Inter-
est. Crowds of people swarmed there.
Mrs llawkgr. who had only on Hnt-
unlay received a telegram of condo-
; lenoe from King George, said.
“I had a presentment all alone that
I should s«*e my husband'Again 1
was confident all time, nlihough
every one cntKlpfvn with me 1 am
top overjoyud and too overcome to talk
now.’ V
Dunum C. Mochler. Eohert
Charles Hultureira. Drowna-
t.uther M. Crow. Austin.
Kddl* Krmls. Shiner.'
Joseph T. Wilkinson, Honey
ENORMOUS INCREASE
IN APRIL EXPORTS
Whit Fro
Austin. Tex—H Harper Kirby.
I chairman of the state prohibition edm-
. milteo. Monday gave out llrn flowing j
statement: "The prohibition aiumd■,
The <b>nnnn submarjne U-tlS, which broke aw«> while bethu 'otttd. U lot* s»-tu tvlug tiTuad^-iIu the Hast-
ing* bench, Kngtand. wtftitn only a few h(indeed ygnls of TUvAtheiP-c* lining the waterfnmU The iraft l* al«ait 270
^ . : -■ g <5.
ivw-l long.
Reporta to the government employ
hast bureau at Ftort Worth indicate
that the labor aiuialloa to the Weal {menl }ul, bw,n ovcrwhclUiUlgb Adopt
Taxaa Wheal flaldd Is critical. Four ■ ^ yroa sdtkwi known tu be sccu
leea eounties are especially In need of r|||„ aMUM. Ih<. fr|rn,|a „r ,,r<>.
men Ttie prediction of rain over the hlbitli n th.it oqf majority will
HUN ICE CREAM FOR YANKS
HONORING FRENCH DEAD IN NEAR l^T
Washington.—April exports surpass-
ed the previous Ifieh record by nearly
one hundred million dollars, U was an-
BOttlithl this week by the bureau of
foreign and domestic common a, de-
partment of commerce.
Fyport* for the month totaled J71S,-
ono.non, ** ( ompared wiith |<593.nno.oon
for January, (ho previous Mgl? mark.
For March at this year the totat was
gcn&.uOo.tMtO. and for AprU..a year ago
•&<*),<toO,won For the ten month* end-
. ed With April the export* were valu 'd
<s> at |6.7n&.OOn,«Kio. aa against 44.Kk4.MO;.
non for the correepowding perkwi last
Corp Charlea C. Walls, Mart.
Pvt. Krnest O. Knop, San Antonio.
Lt. George K. Maxon. F\>rt Worth.
Hgt. Hurt M. Burton. Dtrorte.
(*vt. William ,T. M« sf. r. Troup.
Sgt. John R. Ray, Commerce.
Fvt. Cheater E Sanders, Burke.
. Pvt. Nell N. Sanford. Goldthwslte.
Mechanic William O. Silvan. Iloua-
ton.
1’vt. Jodie R Whltteoburg, Finn-5,
ons.
Fvt Dmar Bander*. Maxey.
Fvt. James L. Shelby, Weatherford.
Fvt. Claude S. Walker. Gorman
Pvt. Clarence Owings, Tulco.
Fvt.. Jean* Jtmmenx. Ijiredo.
Corp Jumes B. Irwin. San Antonia
Corp Preston. U Wheeler. Kd^y. s
. u..
Pvt
Fvt
Pvt.
Joel C. Hale. Kilgore.
Henry l*rlbyl, Victoria
Sherman Uuckley. San Antonio.
MISSING IN ACTION.
Nelli W. Spell, George.
AMERICANS FIRST TO FLY
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
Voyage Acroae Atlantic Mada in 2k
, Hour* and 41 Minutes Actual
Tim*.
xrhext Yt alarming the farmers. !»** than. Ifl.c>0 But fur tin- 1 ^iit
already < otnplalnii)g >>f loo Much mol# , ««a*< our mupirlty would have pdtM
majority woUM have l
tare and they are paying high wagaa „H Unprc* vulwnt^d flgur. JfS. 11
far labor
By the use of the new canning plant
which ha* Just been completed at the
RTantSTpla penitentiary, and which
mg* UMialriM lad In lunLumliy with
pl»u» farauhed by the A nnd M DdT'
“llfk. the ITIth prison rntmjjiev'on ha*
about on - I- 1' ^dFastii where
hp pre»H>'«‘"» Wt *t tmt nil, of the
canned k««1l(aVle* nnd tntaU will be
fapdCTod for the entire dynteta
an unprci i UcuitU (lgurt K'-u w ith
the light vote j'olleiL^dlr Dtajorlt) Is
birth ram lullrr a/jpr^aH*tncfnry The
flgur* * *<► fapdffo* that nith t r> coiiu
Ilf-* hava ETtett Wrri tnaJoHUv* '"
Four B*'nd iasve* O*rrt*0
“ f4rm**tnn Tex fTtrr rttr tend
sue*, gggre a'jng f•».'*»w*fFoffUr
airy dTr'tnred *« Nv*>- )-•-*) >nrrte«i *«
tile SatuVdav eB„.'tJon liic ilug-
t*»|f (tty tohucll CM|i«a<u>*d llv, t*uiti«
I I i*w lulu Wua lui.u*.
K* 11 hundred mm,—r>-t nntt,>r> • *r
arbnol btrit-ling*. for v*»»4 *rstc»»
i:lT, tn*Jotif f for f«T? flS* -’•* *rf; -T
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r ' wavaeota . . wM< t ,
Ml, , ....... r^;.m:nil:u.iw.
-■ Wat! **4 71 ♦»*U • ••-*«»» ndfhsa IMhtofi ..».j ,...... , , hi.
' TU-v Ww*nikr - agmmi lift. m&Juiiti ia.3
ford ana "‘etnevne end ftydeign t v«* * , -'-fYfrmWiu..-
^ tic •: - * t, , frt,
Tie IlM ««4 24 l»*ae f->tnis where
si"* ' 11»> i-. i”n >■ •> >ii I-- main
ii*H rawr ▼«»v- wr ♦* -*n w* V.er
BMk. BElHiiar. H—ey llwntf Mar
.--She
he* ran*are* ah npt, mi Lu (L* eHaet
That *WtartVttip iRttTDxrrrk who tv»rt
rum plied full* *ttk il„ u* n«t h«4d
(**•♦• fan L»»ed Ihwerh «si>tM eas
•Mrt * waal.fi*-* pan k»« i 1 hr It
fWrtasem .«*an hw*e *erft *ir the neater
tt Is Lin*, ist 1 f 1wl4.lt* kt* rig'll!*
Have* In** »m* BadfrwE* »•* Wameo
r«TiT*^r' wjiksi izrf] r« v Fi„j
mat* es» (pdaeasd a»«su<*r 4*t
the le>wae ni r*rim«|*li>n 4or IP#
a*< oh* tune when the Rneaa tt Aa
Ihony aamedapret rreului h>n aa*
•dtdded by e tel* «*f Ml lu I) Hup
l iLu* of tbe u.)*»wre Immrdiaicly
. . ,1 »rf» h« it ft Jr* '
Senate. *h*f«. nllbuugh. IW.Ic* dafehl :
*J hi lie ladi aililon. Hug (fl 10W-;
t !«-•,) f «>bial*tint (he snuuiy tee
IWKff
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(f adh* id (he get, »ntenie . M»u<** ougu iKimi** lake* M
M4jh*nf ihnaik « «***!• . r..,** a»»eucw 1* Jwere* ie eaa*
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Import* for April totaled t273.00b.000
in value, a galu of over (he
S2CX.UtM.piU) auijuumt-d tor Marti), and
a de« r**a»# frt fgjMm.uim *„ c«,m|M>rr-d
wUb Um» 4j;*.wdu.4MMA iyf A|*rU >>) D»l
year, 'Import* tor the ten (rtbnrha *-n<7
• d wtlk April art- put nt 97.47 4.<mo.utU>,
a* toagunJ wUb 4 •••»** *^«* for a
•itnllar p< rtu l in 191»
2MJ09 U. S TROOPS ARRIVE
IN NfW YORK FROM FRANCE
York Twe-tr -rvet; irmiynn T
i« l*l»y i ifbdrv 4( S»* York
,V Ingtl «4*A5y wit wit
tui.l it,<»r 7iT»mn from
10*1 y|A)i»»t itiymker ul tlougb
■ibJflih.ii! i^ L^rt va hiu.jiay
rthuUf all *Ut>* 7.4e h-Jir*
git,*,ii* ib, p,.i*tuta,i ,»i iL'iw
•Y-Tir—fTTrpf v tlr• «r- iij+fr
pytsed poll- ot fill • -
'Till TEH! rW'f'f I'Pi;.’
tgvwy.iw/ Umiimi N*lw»*«wi
B3U 7Yif, tlrtW BTf irj* *- up
gf lL-- Lagu ataia guard *64 lU orb
er four ■ umpiltlna itmft troop*
Washington tttxTtnx the way of
the Ural air trail from tbo Weeterh to
the Knelefw hemisphere*, the United
State* navy *«>aplgne N'C 4. under Llcu-
l( riant AJin-rt t'ushiug Bead, swept la-,
to the hart/or at I.Dbon, F«>rt>igal,
Tuesday, the first airship of anv klud
to have crossed Hu- Atlaatti tuean
under (•- own |M,wer and thmuah its
own natural element
Taktnr thn nlf nt F'rtdn TL'-Tg:i la,
. .UuUia.. AL u. la g*. bl . Waahir.cioa,.
time we tLn UR- of tbu ilHMUi tuiiie
| of the xiaiUbt-CtUlU ,Uu.ka AS
Bracfi. I, t., to Ftvm<rtntH, ,hr-N»M
roxored H'9 ten ptflc* in pine k-^rre
and 41 i»taute*. uialnt-lnint. an .. r
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YANKS USING THF FRFNCH WATFRWAYS
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WINE AND BEER Ml(SURE
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