Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 102, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 27, 1927 Page: 2 of 4
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Banner - Press
ham," -•Voting^ Prec. No. 3,' H.r G.
Broesche, Prettying Judge; >
o*rt Wa»h-
th« 16th
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There are uncounted weary wive* who count the
them and aaclaim. “Oh. tuch conditions are a shame—no married
STINGY HUSBANDS
My heart is setting for the wife who’s up against it all her life, who
_ '.has no coin to. blowcwhohax. to. argue and- to-plead- to get- -a little
chickenfeed, a little needed dough. Before she married Hiram Heck
he seemed quite glad to write a check to cover any bill; he’d take her
out in his machine and burn up costly gasoline, and not betray a
chill. He let her think he would provide a princely splendor for his
bride, and make her life a song; but when her wedding vows were
made and- all expenses had been paid, she found her guess was wrong.
He tightened up within a week, and sternly guarded every leak by
which the pennies went- and if she asked him for a dime he talked
about the wave of crime, and voiced his discontent. “My sainted
mother," he would say, “she didn’t fool the coin away, she put it down
in brine; and you must learn to do the same, and play a thrifty, frugal
game, since you are wife of mine. Last week I gave you fifteen
cents without reproaches or laments—my heart is warm and kind; I
thought that large and princely sum would keep you long in chewing
gum, but it’s all gone. I find. Now, such extravagance must cease, if
in this household we’d have peace; you'll have to learn to save; I've
TODAY’S TALK
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMJ
Author of “YOU CAN,” “TAKE IT,” “UP?
Service
and
Pure Drugs
always at
Tristram Pharmacy
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rreo nanoKe, rrop.
Eggs, 17c
SEEING MORE
At Burton, Voting Prec. No. 22,
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PROFESSIONAL Q
The State of Texas,
Sw tfc*P&
Mrs. Westen Emily and children
plow has proven more powerful than
at 20c per pound. The gins will soon
REAL EST
Copyright 1926 Geoigs Marts** Anama
it will be musiu.Jo.Uii: ..ears, af-ali.
concerned.
Misats Emma Giere and Geocgie venture,. soldinrs of._ fortune. ._ When.
Foehner have returned from Dallas
District Agent
THE
Mrs John Stanley
teaching him to help hunsclf. Work-
BURTON NEWS
Mr
WORKERS
-Ungbtrr have returned tu Eldorado.
108 PARK STI
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prove in your eyes the more you study him, the more you fathonrhls
life* . j — i in
The more you read of the’ work of a great writer the more you learn to
love the ideas he has expressed. You may not get his drift at first, but by
continuous study, you corpe to walk in his world and think his thoughts, or
are at least inspired fly'his thoughts. ‘ ,
and son,
and Mrs.
enroute
A great creation, whether it be a book or a picture, grows greater the
more you come to appreciate it by seeing it more.
The stereotyped mind is that mind -which refuses to learn more and see
more. - _ - • :
_A writer’s work represents his real self, no matter how imperfectly he
may live. Somehow, he has a d'esire that this best self shall be what he most
wants people io, think him to be. And so in his books he unweaves his soiiL
The State of Texas, ) *
County of Washington)
On this the 11th day of July ,1927,
the Commissioners’ Court of Wash-
ington County, Texas, was convened
in regular session at a regular term
of said court at the regular meeting
place thereof in the Court House at
The pioneers* who blazed the trail
and pushed ahead were lovers' of ad-
Commissioners* Court of Washing-
ton County, Texas.
By A. T. Ruetz, Deputy.
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mostly upon a mind that is able Ho absorb,' select, arat store i.way for use
each coming day. . . '
♦oh Haden,
his parent*
meyer.
Mr. and
family of Port Arthur are here visit-
ing relative*
■- Mr and Mrs O. A Sc hat* and *on
ice age, or an extended drought, that
taught man to preserve his food a
s'eason ahead, this great change was
Necessity, which put man to work—
that was the beginning of civilization.
As civilization pushed its* path from
continent to continent the workers
hSve been the ones who remained in
the fear to steady the ship of pro-
gress, they tilled the soil, herded the
cattle, built the homes and stored the
food, the tillers of the soil were the
We are closing out a limit
ber of ice sets cheap. Breth
ner Pub. Co.—Adv. 90tf
“IT PAYS TO LOOK I
elite barber su
For Men, Women and CM
Main Street C. E. Stota
Southland Life
Phone
WnFfT they spent a weekk.
Misses Annie Nienstedt and Mamie
Fisher spent the last week-end in
Galveston.
Mrs. Wm. Dallmeyer has returned
from Monjeno, Mo., after an extend-
ed visit, la..her daughtor( Mrs. War.
Windu
Mrs. H. M. Bryan and grand-
daughter of Robstown visited her
daughter Mrs. Paul Rothermel.
. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Nienstedt
and daughter spent several days >n
Temple, they were accompanied by
hirf parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nien-
stedt.
Jim Cunningham of Bad
painfully injured’ Tuesday mJ
he accidentally stepped of( J
five feet from the ground 1
home. .Though painful, hi* jJ
not necessarily serious, and j
reports he was resting easiJ
friends will -hope .for his
ery.
Don’t forget to tat Rye Bread
every day. It tastes good and it is
healthy too. The best Rye Bread is
made at the Wittbecker Bakery and
sold by leading grocers.—Ad99-6t. i
- Good n^hdlirig,’ 19.7$
Strict middling, 19.50 1
Middling, 18.75
. Strict low nrddling !
Hulls, $8.0v
Cotton seed, $25.00
Cotton seed meal,
ISSUANCE OF BONDS.” A copy
nfe Uus or^er, signed by the County
Judges, of said County^ or. certified, by
Shall serve as , a
election.
A gorgeous sunset means much more to the one who has learne^ to ap-
■- -a- ' Distributed by ' >
BRENHAM WHOLESALE GROCERY CO
■Phone 170, Brenham, Texas
Albert Earl, were here to help cele-
brate Mrs Henrietta Schatz 90th
birthday. , ■——r-
* Miss Marie Dallmeyer is, back from
San Marcos where she has been at-
tending school.
Mrs- Hutton McFarland and
tamily of Port Arthur are here visit-
ing relative-
l Mr. and Mrs Chas. Homeyer and
of Robstown, are visiting
Mr and Mrs. C. W. Ho-
4Tlt SYRUP
is Acs/for =
PLUMBING & REPAI
Ring 595W or 4S
J. E. DURDEN
There are many uses
for Malt Syrup and
proper notice' J vl^ction.
The County-juuge' is Hereb# author-
ized. and directed to Cause such no-
tice of flection to be posted at the
places designated for holding said
election, and at the Court House door
at least thirty full days prior to the
date of said election, and to cause the
same to be published in some news-
paper of general circulation which has
been regularly published in said
county for at least oqe year, which
jrotice shall • be published once each
week for thirty full days before the
date of said election.
(Signed) Sam D. W. Low,
County Judge, Washington County,
’ (Signed) H.‘C. tehde,'4
Commissioner Prec. No. 1.
(Signed) J. R. Routt,
.Commissioner Prec. No. 2.
(Signed) W. J. Burnes,
- Commissioner, Prec. No. 3
1 Signed) T. R. Fincher,
Commissioner, Prec. No. 4
At Berlin, _
Whitmarsh, Presiding Judge;
At Rosenbaum, Voting Prec. No.
16, “W. C ' DtO«hn. TreeSdif® Jtfcgn;
At Wiedcvilte, Voting Prec. No. 11,
Theo. Reue, Presiding Judge;
At Burton, lootingPrec. No. 12, A.
S Whitener, Presiding Judge,
At Independence, -Voting Prec. 13,
tKn, Voting Prec. 14, R.
Presiding Judge;
’ Reading and trAeling-does more tp' broaden' Ur. .dewpoint of a inan than
almost anything else. Contact with people then becomes i. pleasure and an
education.
Published, bv the Brcnh?m Banner Publishing Company, every afternoon r
:ept Sunday, at corner Main and Market Street*, Brenham, le*a».
President
iZryer’’ lcKtTotcs and cea
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. Krvers. Plymouth Rod,.
Island Reds 16c. °ck’
| Fryers under 1 1-2 |bt .
: able and- not wanted
1 Ducks, iUt.
Tire rnarmur- of“holding said'elec- Neglecting a little wxmd.n*
tion shall be governed by the general Ion of the flesh may in nine
election laws of the State of Texas; ten cause no great BufferiiiiJJ
and only qualified voters who are enee, but it is the one case i»i!
property tax p»ers of Washington causes blood .poisoning,
County, shall be entitled to vote at chromo festering sore.
said election. t , » ~ M Mi
“AlKvoters dXsSwg'to Support the "Wid Torozoaen
proposition to’ issue bonds shall have r . fodder, to
written or .printed on their ballots the „nj
£ords "FOR’ THE ISSUANCE OF , >1'20' Powder
BONDS", and those apposed-thereto]
jhal| have written or printed om their I.
necessity demanded work to fill the
7tore-Ti'c.ises—tli^y- puTeS-'state and
moved on, so Elbert Hubbard stamps
the worker as the hero.
The worker tills our s-oil, digs in
the mines, works in the mills, builds
our homes; fires our engines, steers
uui—slrtps atrolB'tBt sea,' harness our
rivets, pilots.jrvv >planes, drives our
trucks, chops our wood, milks our
cowS, bakes our bread, nurse our
slick, teach our children and save our
souls—all are workers, each filling his
niche in the great scheme -of things,
we stamp them as workers—each are
necessary, they are scattered across
the face of the earth, obeying the
first law.
Old Roosters, St
Butter, 20c tn 40i
Butter fat, 31c.
Potatoes. 3’cts. per lb
County Court and-.Ex-Officio clerk of
the Commissioners’ Court, of Wash--
hereby cer-
tify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an election order
passed by the Commissioners’ Court
of the County of Washington, Texas,
~ . j'fegular'meetittg-'trf. said court, a- qao-r
rum being present,’ which order is of
record m Book F. on plge 180, of the r
Minutes of said Court, and which said
minutes have been duly signed by the
County Judge.
Witness my hand and seal of the
Commissioners’ Court, this the 12th
day of- July, A. D. 1927.
C. B. THOMPSON,
named members, viz:
Sam D. W. Low; County Judge.
H. C. Lehde, Commissioner, Pre-
cinct No. 1.
J. R- Routt, Commisisoner, Precinct
No. 2.
W.‘ J. Burnes, Commissioner, Pre-
cinct No. 3.
T. R. Fincher, Commissioner, Pre-
cinct No. 4.
C. B. Thompson, County Clerk,
present, t.hen there came on to be
considered the petition of L. F. Nie-
buhr and more than ten per cent of
the resident qualified property tax
paying voters of Washington County,
Texas, praying that a County Hos-
pital be established at Brenham, in
and for said .County, and that an elec-
tion be ordered to determine whether
or not the bonds of said County shall
be issued, as hereinafter more fully
set out;
And it appearing affirmatively to
the Court that said petition is signed
by more than ten per cent of the resi-
dent qualified property tax paying
voters of Washington County, Texas,
•nd that**'ich petition otherwise con-
forms to all the provisions of taw ap-
plicable thereto;
And this .court having considered
said petition and having heard evi-
dence thereof, and being fully ad-
vised in the premises, affirmatively
finds that it is signed by at least ten
per cent of the resident property tax
paying voters of Washington Comity,
and farther affirmatively finds that
it is adviMble and 10 the beet inter-
Port Arthur'was Shipped here, for' thought little about the future, but a
burial. He was buried at the Burton change came. It may-have been the
tfftmetery. Rev. CocJk the Baptist
minister of Brenham officiated.
Mr. anilMrs. Hugh Seliwartz ^pent
several days in Cuero. '
Mr^aiuLJUrA..Reinbardt and son
Ray "ut Ea»t Bernard, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Holchak.
Mr. Frank Wilkening brought the
first bale of cotton in- Saturday, the
bale was ginned by the Knipstein
Gin Co. It weighed 492 lbs. and was
bought by Mr. E. R. Broesche, man-
Raysor- and Mrs. Thornhill.
Mrs Nettie Weems spent the
week-end-with Mr and Mrs’. J. Win-
Tield.”
’ Mr. trad Mxa L R Cherry
children have returned to Elgin.
While here they were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Routt /
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Womack and
.ittle son, have '•returned to Houston,
after a pleasant visit to Mr. and M|S.
J. S. Smith.
Miss Margaret Routt has returned
from Austin where she attended the
University Jjummer School. She was
accompanied home by Miss Grace
TerralL —
Miss Annie Wiliams has returned
to Dallas after a pleasant stay .with
Mr: and Mrs. J. E. Routt
-Mtafc Bessie. Thompson .has, r«umr
ed from a several ffiOHTtB Visit With
relatives in Abilene^ She was accom-
panied home by Mrs. Eu White of
Coleman.
Mrs. John Kay of Austin is,her-e
on a visit to her daughters, Mrs. O.
M. Brown, Jr. and IQs. Harry'
ser. > _
Mr. and Mrs, Charlie Cocke, have
w zitTSvi**,' ita. vrtig spent two 1
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lesser and Mr.
and Mrs. Abie' Lesser and son have
* ‘ -■ . *
returned from' a weeks visit spent tn
San Antonio.
Miss Frances Helen Brown has re-
turned from a six weeks stay in Aus-
tin with her aunt Mrs. W. H. Stroud.
J. H. Knight is id Norfolk, Va.,
on a visit to relatives.
Mr: and Mrs. Robert Schaer left
Sunday for Galveston for a weeks
stay. '
Miss Mildred — Scad has returned
from a delightful stay' in Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Eliott
of Gulf, were guests of Mr.
T. C. Thornhill last week
to their home from Temple.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Toland
Houston were week-end guests
A*) Totansh*v —S2
except Sunday, at yorncr
Theo***Schumacher Vlcc
Zschappei . Secretarj- £3^
Ruby Robertson L;-: ,
By Mail or Carrier, one year "
Entered at Postofficq. at Brenham, Texas, as second class matter.
The person who reads a hundred books a year is bound tojl^jn-infonrtJ-.
non that immediately sets him apart. He is certain to see greater values inj
everything he looks at, as weil as to be better able to fathom the meanings
that forever crop up in life.
• • » »
But we are slowly nsing another
step in civilization, we are beginning
to include the other fellow, we are
not only preserving our own life but
also the Uvea of others. We find
that teaching: “No greater love hath
any man than this, that he lay down
his lite Ybr another"—is after all, the
example given by the lowly Naza-
rene and means service *0 the
working ' conditions are improved—
more ventilation, more light, shorter
roting Prec. No. 9, Wat]
Noting'Prec. No.
At Wiedcvilte, Voting Prec. No. 11,
Theo. Reue, Presiding Judge;
At Burton, JVoting Prec. No. 12, A.
S Whitener, Presiding Judges
At Independence, -Voting Prec. 13,
Chas. Schulte,'.Presiding Judge;
At Wm. PeKn. Voting Prec. 14, R.
H. Muegge, Presiding Judge;
At Prairie Hill, Voting Prec 15,
Fred Marcus,' Presiding Judge;
At Wesley, Voting Prec; No. 16,
Ottp Miller, Presiding Judge;
At Creenvinp, Voting tVec. Nq. 17,.
■R.-fe- Allcorn,- Presiding 7u<4,-; -J —Hi
At Gay Hill, Votmg Prec. No. 18,
Albert Boeker, Presiding Judge;
At Long Point, Voting Prec. No.
19, Fred Hoile, Presiding Judge;.
At Cedar Hill, Voting Prec. No. 20,
F. S. Bryan, Presiding Judge;
At Sandy Hill, Voting Prec. No. 21,
Fritz Berger, Presiding Judge;
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 102, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 27, 1927, newspaper, July 27, 1927; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1180301/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.