The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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Frazier Smith, Pastor.
Keep on smilin’.
Trade at home.
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morning at eleven o’clock.
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A New Wholesale
Concern For Alvin
lastic school meet held by the
Rice Institute last Friday and
Saturday, Alvin High was repre-
Cotton Seed
at $2.00 per
bushel
M. E. Church
Rev. L E. Gower of Houston,
will preach at he Methodist
order by cle .ning tht base:
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“Everything To Build Anything''
and charged with having entered
' the old Clark Hotel and Spencer
House, where Mrs. Elizabeth
Broussard was awakened by an
are no divi-
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returns equal
who owns
The Best of All
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. long to any church or not.
The pr >grsm an 1 final an-
nouncem -ivs for th-day will ap-
pear in next weeks issue of the
Alvin Su.i. '
there are several things of im wholesale concerns.
portance that you will want to room here for more and this new
firm should have the support arid
encouragement of all our people.
The old Alvin Creamery build-
ing east of the Alvin Sun office is
being overhauled and put in.
shape to house a wholesale candy
and ice cream business. The pre*
prietors are Wetzel Bros, of Ftse-
p>rt and a Mr. Carman of Hans-
ton. There is no reason why *
concern of tnis kind canxwt do
- day long to be remembered by well here. The many small townts
Alvinites. the surrounding trade tern?
The day is especially for peo-1tor/can be easily reached ever
pie from sixty years of age ant.
were up’ an^ we want °f them r-
hits l^ardless of whether they be-
and
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Dunlap, 2b. 4
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If you have your home let us
it up in a spring coat of paint.
Operation a
a silk skirt, a pan- of dentist he retired jn favorof sJ,leafter
forceps, and a bottle of iodine [the seventb> he was g(|ing big
were found on his person The a|]d hjg arm was sliU i.ood for
pti'ncirc nf fhn cL'irt nnrl fnrnanc . _ . . __ . —
were located at the Clark Hotel. ’
Pringle was given a hearing and
was tried before Judge R R. ’
Patker in the Justice court, '
I where he was charged with theft
and burglary and bound over to
the District court under a bond
of $500.
J. B. Ross plead guilty to
vagrancy and was fined 825 and
costs and sent to Angleton to re-
main in custody until paid.
Allowing but two hit$, Bowles, '
who won games for ihe Buds
back in the days of th}- Interur-1
ban league, pitched a “come-
been burglarized during the ear- back' here Sunday, when the
A touch of the recent “crime
wave” was felt here Saturday
when two ex-soldiers were taken
into custody by Marshal Tinnin,
i after two rooming houses had
'T’HERE
-*■ dends
with comfort and contentment—no
to the personal pride felt by the man
the home that shelters his famih .
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A. B. Webster, Sr., is serious- Chester A Lincoln was thp,
ly ill at the home of his son. A guest of Miss Florence Davis a:
B. Webster, Jr. Mr. Webster is the annual Senior Banquet given
an old resident of this city and by the class of ’21 of the College
has many friends here who hope of Industrial Arts, Denton, Tex'
for his speedy recovery. as, on April 16‘.h
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Slataper, 3b 4 2 4
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i Garrison, rf 4 0 0
Wolf, If 10 0
Bowles, p 3 0 0
Burridge, If 2 0 0
Garrett, cf 1 0 0
Steele, p 1 0 0
Baptist Church
Usual services next Sunday,
including Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. Preaching morning and
night by the pastor. Sunbeam
band at 2 p. m. and Junior Union
at 2
Our church will observe
Mothers’ Day the second Sun-
day in May, and a cordial invita
tion to all mothers to be with us.
The first Sunday in June has
been set as the day to begin a
series of revival and evangelistic
services. We sincerely hope
that many, even outside of our
church, may look forward pray-
erfully and with a deep interest
for the meeting
P. M. Murphy, Pastor. .
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Williams, cf 3 0 0 3 o! 0
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Score by innings— r hie
Alyin Buds..004 013 00x-8 101 6
Ho. Sports.. 000 100 100 -2 2:3
Two base hit—Slataper 2.
Home run—Slataper.
Base on balls Off Anderson
32 2 2 24 121 3
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B. Merchant and Blackburn.
Cockrell, the fleety dasher,
finished in third place in the 220
yard dash. The winning tin.
was 24:4.
Tinnin came up fourth in the|
440 yard event in the first heat
The time of the winner uemg
52:4.
B. Merchant was tied for
third place in the high jump and
lost on the flip. The winning
height was five feet and nine
inches. Merchant won this'
event at the County meet held at McHale, 3b. 4
Angleton the first of the m >nth Shiptine. lb.. 1
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ul i the shell roads in any kind a-f
re. weather and the broad expert-
ence of the men who are behind
the venture is a guarantee that
the quality of their goods will be
the equal of any produced in
Houston and Galveston and other
Watch for it, for cities. Alvin has only a few
i wholesale concerns. There is
three long flies launcher
At the first annual interscho Lynch, Bowles an i Drake
Following is the box score
Jasmine Buds—
AB R H PO
sented by Bob Tinnin, Cockrell, .-. B-nson, cf 4 2 2
N. Benson, 2b
, Drake, ss
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the welcome news that h- is'
i much Better and improving
‘ rapidly. Herman is one of our i
Hav Makers To Meet | most popular young men and his
, ' . .. ' numerous friends are indeed'
111 llOUStOn, .\|)lll «>U glad to learn that th? operation
! was a success and hope to see ■
There will be a meeting of all him home soon. He was taken
the hay makers .< S«>l,
Texas Hay Belt at the City Hal; firm ary where the opcrat.on was
in Houston at 2 o’clock p. m. fjgrlormed a sho-t time aft-i his
Saturday April 30th, for the pur- \ arrival.
pose of completing the organiz. . ... . . ■ .
tion for the marketing of So Jt i Alvin H,gh Athletes
Texas Hay.
The plan, which has already
been adopted by a large majority
of the hay makers will be
throughly explained at thi- meet
ing, and the permanent organ-
ization wih be perfected.
Gvery hay maker in South
Texas should be present at this
meeting and have a voice in th-
selection of the directors of tie
organization.
A. C. Workman
Berry Miller
W. R. Isaacs
John Palmer
C. W. Massey
Beama Grupe
J. A. Moor
Herman Tullis
John Liza
L. Nickol.
Committee.
ly morning hours. local bunch easily defeated thej
j Clarence Pringle was arrested Houston Sporting Goods! team by
the score of 8 to 2. Bowles todk !
charge of the mound anti allowed
the visitors two hits arid struck
intruder leaving her room about out five during seven innings,
three a. m. and a valuable watch His slow ball becamis more
is missing. On being searched, effective each frame afid when
: he retired in favor of Steele after
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The!'”''’ ■ a-i — fe -‘ft
, , , lne and his arm was still good for
owners of the skirt ^and forceps . the finish Tbis wag t^e firgt
game Bowles had pitched since
he left the service.
| “Slim” Anderson and
composed the battery
Houston team and both f ut up a
good game, but as the te im be-1---
hind them failed to disp ay the —
necessary stickmanship, they
were sadly outclassed. A ivway,
the Buds had their eye
ball and clouted for
, extra bases
One feature of the gamJ-, was 17:45 p.
'the batting of Slataper
upon for appendicitis at St ■'
Joseph’s Infirmary in Houston Slataper, the clean-up mar
last Saturday morning, contain i filled his position in the tatting
the welcome news that h ■ is orr,or hy
also made two d jubl.s, a ■
and walked once out ol
more times up.
Both of the Houston runs
made on errors after two
Slataper walked in th? fiftl
Lynch brought him in on t
gle, after he had stolen setond.
A single by S. Benson
.doubles by Drake and Sla.aper
I netted the Buds three rui
the sixth.
Williams in center field for the
Make Good Showing Sports hal a F'ood da-v- taki, sin
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Stolen bases Nelson 2, Slap-
aper, Anderson
Struck out—By Bowles 5, bj.-
Anderson 4, Steele 1.
Winning pitcher—Bowles !
36 8 10 27 1|L 6
Houston Sports—
AB R H PO A
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, by breaking the Class B record, IDentler, If 4 0 0 1
' going 5 feet eight.
Fig Prospects Good
. Chas, and George Adams of
| Houston spent most of the w'eek
Episcopal Church next Sunday
Come in ami let ns show you how little it
will cost you to have a home built just the way
you have always wanted it.
Bartone, c 3
Anderson, p 3
in Alvin getting their perserving j
plant in shape to take care of the
i coming fig crop. While it is a
ilittle early to judge prospects
the present indication5 points to- i
ward a big yield The trees are
putting on a vigorous growth
and where orchards have been
kept well cultivated they are
looking exceptionally fine The
bulk of the fig crop is handled
by the Adams Bros, preserving
plant.
First M. E. Church
on the There will be the usual sei
several vices on nexi Sunday with
preaching at 11:00 a. m and
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- ——- jtne oatting or Slataper n the, The v ir 0QS committie. ap.
Latest reports from the bed third, he accounted for fodr runs pointed to arrange for the Old
side of Herman Davis, the eigh | .frith a four ply swaf. S. llenson Fu|k Day Program are at work
teen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. singled. N Benson was 4afe on anr] :hi.lgs are fast Atting in
W. E. Davis, who was operated the first baseman’s error. Drake shape Tb..,o commitfoes are
...... ~ *alked fiilinR the ba«s- anli th“n ! bending every energy in an ef-
T ,ub ' fort to mike Sundry, May First,
■ a day long to be remembered bv
Hh
cornpanying the visitors.
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Galveston Merchants
Will Visit Alvin
pays big dividends Alvin is the
bjggest shipping point of
cream and milk in the county
and one of the largest in South
Texas. Last year the shipments
amounted to nearly one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars and
they will probably exceed this
amount this year
The already friendly relations
existing between the citizens of
Alvin and Galveston will be fur-
ther strengthened by a trade ex-
cursion from the latter city on
April 26th, 27th and 28th.
The excursion will be made
under the auspices of the Young
Mens Progressive League of
Galveston and arrangements
have been made by the Alvin
Business Mens League to enter-
tain the party during their stay-
in Alvin.
There will be about one hun-
dred business men and mer-
chants in the excursion and fol-
lowing a visit to the towns be-
tween here and Galveston on
April 27th, they will arrive in
the city at 10:30 a. m. and eat
dinner. They will leave Alvin
1:30 for short visits at Chocolate
Bayou City, Liverpool, Danbury
and Angleton and on their return
to Alvin at 6:30 will remiin for
supper. They will windup the
day with a meeting at the U D.
C. Hall and all the citizens of
the city are invited to come out
an 1 get acquainted. There will
be several short talks by mem |
bersofbrth leagues and music
will be furn shed by a band ac-
The Alv.n Sun is $2.00 a year,
in advance.
A Newcomer
A newcomer in the Alvin coun-
try is H. S. Nethery of Kansas. I
He has purchased a farm scuth
of town from W. P. Davis and
will go into the dairy business.
Mr. Nethery is exercising top
notch judgment in engaging in
the dairy industry. There is lots
of work connected with it, but it
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Buds Win Easijy
Rooming Houses Buds Win Easily
Are Burglarized From Houston Nine
COMPLETE STOCK OF
Sorghum, Kafir Corn, Egyptian
Wheat and Velvet Beans.
New Stock of Soudan Grass Seed, only
hundred
New Car of
Fertilizer
Pure Mebane
$4.00 a
SWIFT’S
Fertilizers
NUMBER 42
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ALVIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 22nd, 1921
VOLUME THIRTY
If Hard Times
Remedy-INSURE WITH
UNCLE JOE
makes you dig to take care of your obli-
gations and family now
What Would Become of
Them In Case You Were
To Die?
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The Cobb Land Co.
LARGE AND SMALL FARMS
For Sale or Rent
INSURANCE of the Highest Grade
Fire, Storm, Life, Accident
A. S. COBB, Manager
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Twiford, James L. The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1921, newspaper, April 22, 1921; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1245449/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.