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Brenham Daly
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STORES TO CLOSE
ON WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY FEB. 22
iTONBY
; GOVERNOR OF
STATE OF TEXAS
smallpox Is raging to
of us, and 1b being trans-
promlKuously over the State ^ day Wednesday, February 21, In
observance of Washington's Birth-
day:
The undersigned firms hare agre-
ed to close their place* of business
IRAS, our Sister Republic to I
ith is reporting yellow-fever,
L ind bubonic plague, and
1BAS, plague Infected rats
lg trapped in Texas, and
IEA8, typhoid fever contin-
! take its toll in unusual num-
Rd
V8, dlptheria, pneumonia
uenza are on the Increase in
Ite, and
SAS, malaria infected over
red thousand Texans last
BPairing their productiveness
ting an economic loss of mil-
[and
IEAS, the death-rate of in-
xceeds the normal ratio, and
IE AS, contaminated foods
(rinks are being dispensed In
[places in this State, and
IEAS, the capacity of Sftite
^tions for the blind, feeble-
and insane are being over-
and
IEAS, tuberculosis still con-
lead the list of causes for
and
lEREAS, the sanitary condi-
|of .some of our communities
come almost intolerable, and
lEREAS, quarantine laws are
{violated, and
iEAS, an indifference is be-
o*n In the enforcement of
and sanitary laws, and
UREAS, heroic measures are
to stop this preventable
of 14,090 per annum,
DICK ROBERTSON
IS CANDIDATE FOR
SHERIFFS OFFICE
In this Issue of the Banner-Press
appears the announcement of Dick
Robertson for the office of sheriff1 can pake cakes not to be excelled by
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BRENHAM. TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1922
FRANCES TUCKER
WINS FIRST PRIZE
IN CAKE CONTEST
That girls of the domestic science
Classes of the Brtnham High school
5REAS, the welfare and hap-
of our Texas citizenship is
dependent upon health,
THEREFORE, I, Pat M.
[Governor of Texas, at the re-
[of the State Health Officer, do
proclaim the week beginning
^y, March 6th, 1922, as
Health Week.
tenating:
May, March Bth—Health and
Ire Sunday.
May, March 6th—Health Ap-
ll Day.
Winkelmann & Bohde.
H. F. Hohlt Co.
Dobert'B Ready-to-Wear.
L. C. Roberts.
Schmid Bros.
New York Store.
Jim Simon.
A. Simon.
Fink Bros.
Schleider & Sons.
Wm. Seidel.
Schubert Bros.
Plggiy Wlggly.
Kasprowlcz Bros.
B. Eldridge.
F. A. Windhausen.
Holle & Seelhorst.
Fred Hueske.
Giesecke Bros.
F. W. Schuerenberg, Inc.
Hartmann & Scheffer
Jack Green.
L. Landgraf.
Singer Sewing Machine.
Brenham Lumber Co.
Farmers & Merchants Lumber Co.
Henry Wood.
T. A. Mauck.
H. W. Arp.
Bronenkant Jewelry Store.
Wm. Schell, Optician.
J. F. Schramm.
R. H. Schramm.
Wangemann-Relchardt Co.
A. A. Hacker & Co.
Brenham Wholesale Gro. Co.
H. F. Wehmeyer.
-
G. Hermann Furniture Co.
Farmers National Bank.
First National Bank.
Glddlngs & Giddings.
Washington County State Bank.
of Washington County, subject to
the action of the democratic primar-
ies. This candidate respectfully so-
licits the support and Influence of
the voters of the county.
Regarding his candidacy and re-
cord, Mr. Robertson says:
"If the people of the county see fit
to elect me to the important office of
sheriff I shall use my best efforts
in trying to apprehend all violators
of the law. I have lots of pep and
will get up and rustle In the inter-
ests of law and order.
"Some time ago I had charge of
the county farm for three years.
When I took charge the farm was In
the most experienced housewife wm
shown Friday afternoon at the Ame-
rican Maid flour demonstration at
the Electrical store, numerous cakes
of the finest quality being entered
la a contest that attracted much at-
tention and drew a large crowd.
Those who entered cakes In the
contest were Misses Ada Belle Noyes.
Annie Louise Chadwlck, Aline Win-
kelmann, Carrie Mae dassett, Mil-
dred Louise Muery, Hermlne Mles-
ner, Florence Eversberg, LlUIe Sch-
mid. Louise Curry, Florenco Levlne,
Alma Schomberg, Myrtle Colby, Edi-
th Gardner, Minnie Gllssmann, Mary
Somnier, Frances, Tucker, Gladys
HEROIC WORK OF
NUNS SAVES LIVES
OF 100 CHILDREN
(United Tnm teport.)
Chicago, Fab. 18.—Heroic work of
a group of nuns who worked with wet
towels wrapped around their faces
during a fire at the Home tor Friend
less Castaways, Is credited with
saving the lives of a hundred child-
ren who were inmates of the home,
and preventing property damage. The
children all under twelve years of
age, were being put to bed when the
fire broke out, and were gotten out
of the building by being told to piny
before going to bed. and the child-
ren thought It a lark. The nuns ex-
tinguished the tiro before tbe arri-
val of firemen. The loss was Oter
15.000.
debt and in very bad shape, and at (Whltmore, Mrs. A. C. Becker and
the end of three years it was in good Mrs. O. E. Baumgart,
shape, with a nice credit ahead. I Each cake was a triumph of the
have lived In Washington and Bra- culinary art and the Judges faced a
zos counties all my life and feel that most difficult task, many of the cak-
I know enough of conditions throu- es being worthy of prizes. However
ghout the county to make a good of- a decision had to be made, and the
fleer. I served as deputy sheriff for
some time under N. E. Dever. At
present I am employed at the South
Texas Cotton Mills, where I have
charge of the yard outfit and ship-
ping. If elected sheriff, I shall of
course, resign my present position
and devote my entire time to the du-
ties of the office, which I shall en-
deavor to fill to the very best of ray
ability. On this platform I announce
BIBLE STUDY WILL
BE INTRODUCED IN
THE CITY SCHOOLS
In accordance with the request of
Supt. J. C. Tucker, who asked all
ministers of the city to meet htm for
discussion of an important matter,
Rev. Ira Day Lang, Rev, Arthur
Hartmann, Rev. G. Z. Sadler, Rev.
delicate texture. The prize was a H. M. Hopkins, Rev. I. L. Jenkins
TAYLOR MURDER
? -
(United hw Iwort.)
Los Angelas, Feb. li—Pillee M#
peeking a tattoo driver who Ua*
been missing sinje Fsbiuary t, an*
whom It Is believed was the hired.*
assassin who killed William Desmond"
Taylor, A letter to attorney Wtol*
wine, purporting to h« Iron Bamft,
the missing valet, lea la the belief
that he is still her*. 7 be Utter de-
clares he knows who did kilUvfT
and will give the Information lo>
Woolwine In excaang* for iumunltf
Woolwlne answered through news-
papers offering If tha mystery ts un-
tangled. Recent developments Inclu-
ded finding a locket from Mabel Nor-
mand to Taylor, Inscribed "To my
dearest," and Information that he
had been married three timee.
first prize Was awarded to Miss
Frances Tucker, daughter of Supt.
and Mrs. J. C. Tucker. The prise
cake was an angel food, tnowy white,
of feathery lightness and the most
$6 gold piece Instead of the sack of
flour that had been aunounced as a
prize. In addition to the $5 prise,
the cake brought $8.50 at retail sale,
113.50 being realized from this one
my candidacy, and ask the favorable! cake. Frances is to be congratulat-
FIRE DAMAGES
OLD STOCK YARD
(United Pre* Report.)
Kansas City, Feb. 18.—Fire last
night destroyed sheds and chutes of
the old stock yards. Damage Is es-
timated at 1(0,000. Five hundred
sheep and a hundred hogs were kill-
ed and several hundred tons of hay
and feed destroyed.
consideration of the
county."
people of the
BLINN BOYS WIN
FROM HEMPSTEAD
BUT GIRLS LOSE
SENTIMENT FOR
POSTPONEMENT OF
SOIMR BONUS
There was a very interesting dou-
ble header game of basketball be-
tween the boys and girls teams of
ay, March 7th Clean-up | Bjjnn Memorial College and the girW
and boys teams of the HPioPEtoati
High school, on the campus a: Hemp-
stead, Friday afternoon. Tho Bren-
ham boys won their game by a score
of 44 to 6; and the Brenham girls
lost to the Hempstead contingent
with a score of 35 to 5.
Chaperoned by Prof, and Mrs. G.
W. Kopp the trip from Brenham was
made in cars.
When the contests wera conclud-
ed tho visitors were royally enter-
tained, and served with delicious re-
freshments by the Domestic economy
class.
Only two more games remain to
be played by Bllnn prior to th* close
of the basketball season and Wed-
nesday afternoon the Bilna girls will
meet the High school girls rt Lyons;
and Friday afternoon '.he Blinn boys
will angage ths HlgJ school boys
of Sealy, both games being played on
the Blinn court.
If the Blinn boys win over Sealy
they will have the proud distinction
of being undefeated In basketball
this season.
(United Preie Report)
..Washington, Feb. 18.—The first
faint flickering of sentiment for post-
ponement of soldier bonus legisla-
tion until early summer has appear-
ed In congress. The movement had
its inception with mid-western con-
ed on her success. Miss Alma Sch-
omberg .winner of the second prize,
was given a 48 pound sack of Ameri-
can Maid flour, and Misses FloretW
Levlne and Myrtle Colby, who tied
for the third prize, each received a
24 pound sack of American Maid
flour. Misses Minnie Giissmann, and
Gladys Whitmore received special
mention for the artistic manner In
which their cakes were decorated,
Miss Mildred Louise Muery for the
generous size of her cake, and Mrs.
A. C. Becker for her patience in ar-
ranging the nuts that covered her
cake in symmetrical design.
No prises were awarded In the la-
dles' contest, as there were only two
inesday, March 8th—Day of
|>n Insects, Rodents and Disease
tirsday, March 9th—School
Day.
flayi March 10, Pure food day.
urday, March 11th—Education
phlld Welfare Day.
' observed by every Individual,
f*i churches, clubs, organiza-
and officials of municipalities.
} TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I
sto sign my name and have
the Seal of the State to be
at the city of Austin, this
*7 of February, A. D. 1922.
Pat M. Neff,
Governor of Texas.
Governor
1) S. L. Staples,
of State.
gressmen, particularly the Ohio
group, two-thirds of whom favor ■ bu* th« c*k® baked Mr»-
dropping the question until June.,©. E. Baumgart was declared worthy
The sentiment has not yet reached I a Prize In any contest,
the stage of a general movement.
and Rev. C. R. Steward met at the
High school for the purpose of dis-
cussing the proposition to Inaugurate
a course of Bible study In tbe public
schoolB. Pupils will be graded on
the work, and If they make passing
grades will receive credit for the
Bible study on the same basis as cre-
dit is ottered for other outside acti-
vities.
Revs. Lang, Hartmann and Sadler
were appointed members of a com-
mittee to prepare an outline tor a
course of study, which will be sub-
mitted at a meeting of Supt. Tucker
and the ministers Tuesday afternoon.
It is proposed that each minister will
offer this Bible study one afternoon
a week at his church, and eacb pupil
will select the church at which he or
she prefers to take up the work. It
Is believed that many students will
be glad of an opportunity to take up
Bible study with the ministers as In-
structed.
HARDING SIGNS
MARKETING BE
(United ffww Report.)
Washington, Fob. 18.*-President
Harding slgued (bo c--operative till
In the presence of
agricultural bloc and bvaj. ot lead-
ing farm orgs nirat Ions.
FARM BLOC TO
EXPOSE A PLOT
AGAINST FARMER
(United IVeu Report.)
Washington, Feb. 18—The senate
farm bloc has set out to expose what
It charges is a plot against the farm-
er, with a |250,000 war chest to back
It. Before a sub-committee of the
senate agricultural committee testi-
mony will be taken today concerning
an organization to combat and defeat
legislation the farm bloc wants and
to break <up the farmers co-operative
movement.
of a prize in any contest. It was
baked according to the new Ameri-
can Maid method and was most de-
licious. *
The cakes were sold for the bene-
fit of the High School Athletic fund
and netted a neat sum.
The cakes were numbered as they
were received and the Judges had no
idea to whom they were awarding
the prizes.
The demonstration conducted by
Mrs. Idalla Smith, an expert demon-
strator, was most successful, hun-
dreds of ladles attending and sampl-
ing the delicious eats served eacb
day.
>• AMOS SMITH
AT HER HOME
IN LITTLE ROCK
^mos Smith, a sister of Mrs.
Bosse and formerly one of
lam's popular residents, died at
Iwme in Little Rock, Arkansas,
morning and funeral ser-
1 *R1 be held there Monday. Be-
k«r widower Mrs. Smith leaves
[daughters, Misses Myrtle and
Solth, and a son, Joe Smith.
Brenham and Somerville
1* grieved to learn of
tth.
2 NEGRO BANDITS
MAKE RICH HAUL
VILLA READY FIGHT
REVOLUTIONISTS
{OaJtad mm toort.)
Washington, Feb. 18.—Two negro
bandits staged a spectacular robbery
of a Jewelry store In the heart of
the business district They threw
a brick through a window, grabbed
genu worth flO.OOO, held the crowd
at bay with rerolrsrs and eecaped.
(United Prow Report.)
Washington, Feb. 18.—Pancho
Villa is ready "to take the field
against any revolutionists in Mexico,
according to his friends here. Villa
could easily recruit his old band, and
knowing tha country, could easily
outdo the revolutionists, it Is said.
LANDIS RESIGNS
AS U.S. JUDGE
(United from Report.)
Chicago, Feb. 18.— Kennesaw
Mountain Landls resigned as United
Stattes district Jud<e, and will give
all bis lime to work as commissioner
of organized baseball.
ANOTHER DIES IN
POLITICAL FEUD
F. A. MOERS OF
ROSENBERG DIES
Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Moers and
Mrs. Albert Niebubr have returned
from Rosenberg, where they went on
the sad mission of attending the fun-
eral of F. A. Moers. aged 88 years, a
prominent resident ot Rosenberg for
the past 30 yeanj. Decedent was a
brother ot Rev. Mr. Moers, and lea-
ves a large family ot children and
grandchildren ,as well as numerous
other relatlvee and hosts of warm
friends to mourn bis death.
Funeral services were held at Ro-
senberg and were attended by a large
assemblage of relatlvee and friends-
Beautiful floral oferlngs, tributes
from those who loved and esteemed
Mr. Moers tor his many splendid
qualities, covered the last resting
place of one of Rosenberg's best be-
loved citizens.
(United Preee Report.)
Chicago, Feb. IB*—1The political
feud of Chicago's "Bloody Nineteen-
th" ward claimed its nineteenth vlo-
tlm. Tony Pasoallo, organiser for a
political faction, was found dead
with his throat cut and a bullet In
bis heart. There la no trace of tha
murderer. .
NEW POLITICAL
PARTY PROSPECT
i
'United Freee Report)
Chicago, Feb. 18,—Farmers and
political representatives held a meet-
ing and made plans to dominate the
farm-labor conference; to be held
here next week, with the possibility
of forming a new political party.
ITALIAN CABINET
HAS FALUN AGAIN
MRH. DIXON ILL
The many friends of Mrs. Mary C.
Dixon wOl learn With regret that she
is m at her home on Academy street.
She is not seriously sick,
speedy recovery la hoped for.
SATCHEL OF GEMS
STOLEN ON TRAIN
'United ft— Report.)
St Louis, Feb. 18.—Sidney Kren-
gel, a New York Jewelry talesman,
reported to 'he poilca thai a tatcaol
contain>ns llS'i.O^O worth of gems
was stolen from 1 ie-berth ot a trala
between Chicago &nd tit. Louis.
GRANDDAUGHTER OF
ROCKEFELLER MAY
MARRY IN EUROPE
(United Preee Report.)
Chicago, Feb. 18.—Miss Mathilda
MoCormLck, sixteen year old grand-
daughter of John D. Rockefeller, has
arranged -tor paaaage to Europe In
May. tending to confirm reports that
she will marry Max 0»er, Zurich rid-
lag master three timee her age.
(United ■■■■■[
Rome, Feb. 18.—Premier, Bonomt
preeented to King Victor Emanuel
the resignation of hi* cabinet. The
chamber of deputies, voted against
the cabinet yesterday, and the cab-
inet fell for the second time thla
month. An attempt will be made to
form a coalition government
Beaumont, Feb. 18
Florae, aged 41, a Sour Lake
tote man, wa» tarrad and
In the wooda near Sour
day by a band ot
■mm
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William
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