The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 1913 Page: 4 of 4
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FRIDAY DECEMBER 26 1913.
V
AT ACTUAL COST
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My entirc stock of Diamonds Watches Jewelry
Silverware Cut Glass Etc.
Everything to be Sold Nothing Reserved.
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Christmas shoppers still have an opportunity
to buy anything in my line at a big discount.
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Do You Sleep Well?
We have the recipe for restful repose. You find
it in the Tuftles9 Sealy Mattress. Works like a charm.
Makes you fit for your day's work and ready for
Sealy refreshment when bedtime comes. Such a
friend-maker for our store that we want you to
have one.
W. T. JAMES fllEOM!
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO OUR CUSTOMERS
? THE NEW YORK CAEE
WILL SERVE AN ELEGANT
CHRISTMAS DINNER
TO ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT CARE TO PREPARE
THEIR OWN MEAL.
EGG-NOGG SERVED FREE.
Professional Cards
Mjj Oil Burning Route f
holiday mwn rates LINE M. D.
On Bale to all Texas points Dec. 19 '
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 31 1913 and Practice limited to Eye Er
Jan. 1 1914. Limit Jan. 6 1914. One Note and Throat
and one-third fares for the round trip. . . . .
On Bale to all points in Arkansas Roon" 1 and 3' Con""erce ld
Oklalioma and west of Mississippi 'wwwmwwvwww.
lttver in Louisiana including New Or-
leans and Baton Jtmifje and points be- OR. ALGIE BENBOW.
twoen tliese two points on L. R. & N. ncw-rioT
N. O. T. & M. and Y. & M. V. Railways utw 1 1 i .
and Memphis Tenn. Dec 23 24 25 JVER FIRST NATIONAL HANK
26 31 1913 and Jan. 1 1914. Limit hqvan
Jan. 6. One and one-thi-d fares for the
round trip.
On sale to holiday excursion points C P DIPUADflCnU
in the old States Dec. 20 21 and 22. Ul. U. It. KlUilAlf UdUll
Limit Jan. 18 1914 Physician and Surgeon
L . Office at Jenkins' Drug Store
Ticket Agent. Bryan. Texas
Bryan Tex. Dec. 17 1913. Telephones: Office 460: Residence 435
"lo a 1 Dr. R. H. Harrison
Gl VCIl iWciy "'ly.lclsn and Surgeon
In m. Indiana .nd Ohw rm.Jz p "
floods. Ihecycionaal Omaha. lIfltlS Fu"''m U
lha Mississippi overflow and HtmJqmarlm at RtmJ t Smrli Drmt Sim.
other disasters of the rear 1013. thousands of Phont 196. Rttibnct ehent l33 r.
TT TTD17F sewing
aV mbmifXaB MACHINE'S f iWWWVWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN
were dettrored and new machines riven away ' Litre norolrllnO Ifollu
without cost to boideri ol Tba FKEK inaur- III 1 5 0 UCIdlUIHG HCIIY
anca policy. 'I
See Pctui-p in our Windows t PIANO TEACHER
Buy The FREB Sewlne Machine and secure t Cincinnati'Conservatory Certificate
Colicy which protects the machine against Ions 1
y flood tornado cyclone fire breakage or EaStside School Phone 139
any other cause. The only Insured machine. I 1
WE SELL IT I i
E. F. PARKS " "
i t MISS OLGA MOIN
I" " GRADUATE IN GERMAN
FISH AND OYSTERS!
All Kinds of Suit Sklrta I
AAJXUAUwg Drenes Evening Coats and
Children's Orestes
Always fresh direct L as"
from the coast when in need of
CUT FLOWERS
Everything in Fresh and PHONE 20
Cared Meats
asaasaasassassasgga
S. H. Franklin Cement
Free Delivery Phone 531 WALKS AROUND YOUR HOME
" Mean a Greater Bryan
Eyes Scientifically Exam- ssMliMMeMMaWaWeMMBj
ie1u?IaoCAVifp; Don't criticize the walks of your
J W. PAYNL I neighbor or of the city until you
Optometrist j have them built around YOUR
with J. M. CALDWELL J home. Increase the value of
sjL. -.-I---I-I-U-- ---jL-.--ri.-i.-i.-f.- --i j. . yQur pr0perty anfj nep t0 build
' . - -1 up the town.
OR W. S. SMITH Phone m
(of Marlln) . ... - . . n .
osteopath W. H. O'Brien
AT BRYAN HOTEL Successor to W. P. Wa lace.
Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays uuv-irrinrlrjJuwnrnrLT.xniJvu-u
IN HAN MAN
WHITES BACK HOME
Was Distressed at the News of the
Flood and Sympathizes With His
Old Friends and Neighbors.
toward Tex. Deo. 23 1913.
Editor Bryan Eagle:
Mr. Editor Forty-four years ago
this month I landed in Bryan and for
several years It was my home In the
town and vicinity. I never see the
name In print that I do not read it
with Interest. I rejoice In the pros-
perity of the town and sorrow with
its calamities. I found the enclosed
Incident In the St Louis Post-Dispatch
and 1 presume It Is true and 1 am
sending you the lines it provoked me
to write. It may be that you would
be pleased to print the words which
possibly might cheer and comfort
some ot the Borrowing ones and In-
spire the young with ambition to do
good. However If you have no room
for It the paper will raise the tem-
perature of your stove and this Is
not bad on a cold day.
Wishing you and all the sufferers
a merry Christmas I am cordially
yours J. W. PEARSON.
The Story of "Cotton" Jones.
The country around Bryan and
Hearne was hardest hit. Sixty lives
were lost there and more hardships
were endured. Ten' thousand persons
were made homeless within a radius
of twenty miles. It was here that
some of the most daring rescues were
effected. Many of them will never be
known. It was here that Henry Mar-
tin general manager of the I. & G. N.
Railroad lost his life while attempt-
ing to rescue marooned victims.
"Cotton" Jones was the hero of
Bryan. He was. unknown until the
big day of the flood.
"Cotton" was a tramp 24 years old.
Perhaps he Is still a tramp but he Is
also a hero now wherever he may be.
He won't get a Carnegie medal but
his deed will never be forgotten by
hundreds of Texans. "Cotton" Jones
went from Houston with a rescue
party. He thought It a good chance
to beat hif i"ry to another town. But
at Bryan t . :;ight of suffering and
death gave other things to think
about and aroused his manhood. At
Wellborn Just below Bryan Jones :
threw off his coat jumped into a skitf j
when others held back and braved a !
raging current to reach a marooned j
party. It was hard muscle-grinding
work pulling against that rush of
waters but Jones stuck to his job. j
He made the trip back and forth until i
he had saved 70 persons unaided.
After that everybody wished to know
him. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Cotton" Jones wus a man of bone;
With nerve to do and dare.
He left his drink on the river brink
The river's perils to share.
He was only a tramp but had the
stamp
Of a Boldler- brave;
A sorry liver but he rode the river
Seventy souls to save.
Only a bum but he could do some
What others shrank to do
He rode the fierce wave his brothers
to save
And paddled his own canoe.
We should not forget there's some
good in him yet.
Though the time may never come
To lend him a hand to help him to
stand.
And reach the Father's home.
Oh "Cotton" Jones why not go home
And share a mother's love?
You are her joy she'd cheer her boy.
With the cooings of a dove.
J. W. PEARSON.
December 22 1913.
FIBST METHODIST
CHRISTMAS TREE
Under the careful planning and
management of Sunday School Super-
intendent Bethany the Christmas tree
given on Wednesday evening at the
First Methodist Church was one of
the most enjoyable affairs of the kind
ever witnessed in Bryan. The tree
under the skillful touches of the dec-
oration committee was beautiful ajid
with Its great load of gifts from Santa
Claus to the children made every
little heart dance when they beheld It
A splendid program of exercises was
rendered and the distribution of gifts
by Santa Claus was the crowning
event of an evening of pure delight
for the army of little children present
A man-may never discover how 'Ig-
norant he Is If he doesn't try to tell
his wife how to run the house.
BRYAN INDTE FLOOD
What Bryan . Did to Alleviate . the
Suffering. -
(By L. M. Hewlt.)
The Calvert Picayune and the Nava-
sota Examiner have had considerable
to say about what their towns did not
do In relief work and the former has
Been fit to criticise what Bryan's good
Judgment led it to do In relief work
counteracting the terrible effect of
the disastrous flood of December
1913 and that there may be no mis-
takes about the reasons results terri-
tory and motives of the work of
Bryan's citizenship It Is well to record
the exact facts as neither of the above
quoted authorities seem to be In-
clined to do so.
Bryan was first to call for motor
boats for assistant work because her
people were the first to grasp the
real situation. iAs an evldenve of
unselfishness in this request for help
when the motors arrived Bryan dis-
tributed them two In lower Brazos
and Burleson Counties three out at
Bryan and two at Hearne. When the
life saving crews arrived at Hemp-
stead and could come no further than
Courtney on the train the assistant
geenral manager of the railroad who
was handling the transportation for
Bryan asked If the boats should be
transferred and sent on up to Bryan
and he was told "Have these boats
go Into the water at Courtney and
do all needed rescue work from there
up the river until relief work Is over." .
This was done and although Bryan's (
organization asked for aid and se-1
cured these boats they never came
north of Milllcan doing most of their
work In the vicinity of Navasota tin-
der Instructions as above from Bryan.1
As to what Bryan has claimed to '
have done Its report In detail was
filed with the Central Relief Commit-
tee at Houston Saturday December
20. No other claims have been made
by anyone connected with the or-
ganization. The report shows Bryan
territory to embrnce 80.000 acTes from
Mumford on the north to Crimes and
Washington Counties on the south ex-
cepting about two thirds of the Allen
farm section In lower Brazos County.
The report shows that 2. "00 families
were affected by the flood 1700 fami-
lies were temporarily relieved with
clothing bedding and provisions that
in the Bryan territory 921 houses were
washed away carrying household ef-
fects and clothing. The report was
tabulated from a census taken by
eight Bryan men and the Houston
Post said It was the only comprehen-
sive report filed on any territory.
Why was Bryan able to do prompt
and effective work? Because Bryan
was already organized with system-
atic machinery to mept any and all
emergencies. Bryan had but one
thought in Its efforts to nllevlnte suf-
fering minimize ilpath and rehabili-
tate this great valley.
The real relief work In this great
territory Is only just begun but Bryan
Is going right nlong making its plans
for fu'urn work and doing the work
of today without complaint because
the organization Is as a unit.
THE COTTON MARKETS
Cotton of this season's growth has
been received a the local warehouses
to date as follows:
Lawrence warehouse 8693
Brick warehouse 6.555
I'nion warehouse 5402
Total 20652
Interurban cotton 21.16
Round (half) bales 860
Grand total 23948
Bryan spots llc middling basis.
Cotton seed $14 per ton.
Future Quotations.
New York Open
January 12.00
March 12.18
May 12.15
July 12.15
New Orleans-
January 12.19
March . 12.46
May 12.58
July 12.64
Close Close
Yes'day
11.92 11.94
12.19 12.21
12.15 12.16
12.15 12.18
12.14 12.2(3
12.43 12.49
12.57 12.61
12.62 12.65
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE
FOR SALE A bargain; 87 acres of
good level land 1V4 miles from city
limits on public road; all fenced;
good tank; over 1000 cords of wood.
Price $25.00 per acre. J. W. Batts.
FOUND
FOUND One bright bay horse mule
with brand on right shoulder. See
John McCulloch or Ed Crenshaw.
LOSf
LOST A sorrel horse; star In fore-
head; about ten hands high. Finder
please return to John Walker Bryan j
i 1
Bryan Power Company
has discontinued its Electrical iiupply Department. The
local dealers will hereafter supply lamps at list prices. As
agents for the General Electric Company the Power Com-
pany is arranging to keep on exhibit a full line of cooking
and household electric necessities. Selections made there-
from can be ordered through local stores.
JORDAN T. LAWLER
Manager.
NOTE. For the convenience of the electrical consumers the Com-
pany will keep fuses for sale at office and power plant At the latter
fuses can be obtained day or night. Fuses will be cash.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
IS OUR WISH FOR ALL OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS
WE THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR PAST
PATRONAGE AND HOPE TO SERVE YOU
BETTER DURING THE COMING
YEAR
HENSARLING MERCANTILE COMPANY
Viv ' 1 V.ill ifhi naiM sir r-ir "" --- ' 1
in a hurry? Perhaps you overslept. -Perchance
the alarm did not ring. You are in a
terr've hurry-
Then is the time when you will appreciate a ;
Cole's Original
Air -Tight
Wood Slovc
From zero to seventy degrees Fah
Think
32? i
It" is just the stove you need
lighter fuel.
"OleV Original Patented
AirTight Heater is a old only by us
pahkehsiin hardware go.
See th name "Cole f it on the fed door of each stove.
Now gaHulne without 11.
The Truth: fcC)UrV VERY BEST" is the Very Best.
A. S. ADAMS -.
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Ofnc; City Hall Phont 424
Speaking of making sud-
den changes did you ever
want to heat up a room
renheit is a big jump but it is an easy
stunt for this remarkable heater.
Five minutes in time is all that is
needed.
of what that means to you on
a cold morning of the time
you save. No building of a
new fire. You put in a fresh
stick and away she goes.
That isn't all. You get a
steady controllable heat hour
after hour.
Think what this means
to your.family in illness
prevented and doctor's
bills avoided.
Think of what it means
in comfort quickly and
cheaply furnished.
Then come in while
it is still in your mind.
An inspection will de-
cide the matter.
Burns wood and
GOOD POST OAK WOOD
SMOOTH WOOJ mi GOOD MEASUREMENT
CEO. A. ADAMS PAmti 265 mi 539
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Buchanan, A. J. The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 1913, newspaper, December 26, 1913; Bryan, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth324625/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .