Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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BEGUN SAYS WINDROW
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PREDICTS SAPID DEVELOPMENT
OP HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Weather Conditions Have Enabled En-
gineers to Make Survey and to Get
Plans in Good Working Order.
METHODISTS TO BEGIN
ORGANIZATION TO BE HAD
SUNDAY THE PASTOR SAYS
1. In
State
a state
1 Highway Department is iliseouraging
i the changing of the type of a road,
wherever it is possible and in some j SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
cage8 are hem# forced to take a posi-j
tiv*e stand in disapproving plans that
f propose roads which are inadequate for
the needs of the traffic. “It is diffi-
cult to estimate the increase in traffic
the next few years, and it is folly to
build a road to stand less than double | Sunday School
the amount of traffic passing over it Preaching at 11
at the present time,’' said State High
wav Kengineer Windrow, “to encour
Everybody Invited
1 to Sunday Ser
at 10 0^3 lock (
»rvic«8.
and
and at 7:30.
Austin, Texas, dan
ment issued .recently. State Highway ;|of, ,|H. |,ui|<|jng of three-year roads on
Engineer li. d. Windrow says that there :;o.v,..ir bonds just because some cilthu- j 'la;v
is to be rapid development in lexas .;jaHt 'promised 'a great mileage of roads tere
road building program: that road Con- jM or,],.r ),, , arry a bond issue is ob-
struction in Texas is just bcg-iniiing in sll(.(| ^u-onomie mismanagement. The
earnest. qwMimi of, what roads and how many
-The weather- eondit ioiiH; the Iasi, few miles tolmild should be looked at ill a
months have cnaliJed the county eiigi- bitsiliess-like 'way and those most 'mi-
ncers to make their slave's and git jmjdnut ^sjt^^JLuu.luiUt- f-m*teftfr n-typr
their plans in ’that' will stand lip. to the traffic and
Iumk" uf 1 IftHIttn t i •. 11 igh v. a» Depart t(j,v«t will last a time somewhat eomhiensu-
at Austin is very ■’busily engaged in rate with the life (if t'tlie bonds,-, and
cheeking platis^appruying proj ■■ Is and ‘ those of lesser impOitaii1ft> slibiild be left
At the Methodist church in the school
auditorium we will organize our Sun-
school at lb a. in. Everybody in-
terested will please come and bring
your children. Our young people's
class,;with Brother .lackson as teacher,
is already doing good- work. * We in-
vite an.v and all to the privileges of
this class. n
Wi -wiii jj'lso lia\»‘ a class !‘<n- the
older people. Our. other classes will
run down to the card1 class for tots,
and we hope to have the hoiiu“*depart
ment and cradle roll at once, ('oilie to
doing everything possible to get the imfil additoinal money etjn be-provided! the 'school auditorium'. .Sunday morning
work under headway. KepYesentatives for- constructing them,
of Harrison, ■Limestone, Krath,. B;ancu, • - - :
Denton and Darker ^unities have ROAD BOND ISSUE CARRIES
brought in their projects during the - •—r-s—-
last week for approval in order to get The $200,000 road bond issue, which
started early on their work during the was voted on Deembe.r Id, in the west-
coining year. V rii part of the county, carried by an
During' the year bonds have been overwhelming majority. This assures
successfully voted'iii 112 Texas counties a good road to Orchard as soon a- the
for road improvements, aggregating work has been done.
$80,500,000 with something like .+33,000,-j This road district will be known as
000 yet to be voted on and a number of road district No. 0.—t oaster.
other counties have not yet started a 1 -t— : —
contemplated bond issue campaign. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
This remarkable record has developed FORT BEND COUNTY
an activity in road projects during the -:—
last three months of the year, from Oc- County Judge: C. II.
at Iti o Vlock.
Breaching every Sunday at 1 1 a. in.
and 7:Hit p. m. The Epwortli 'League
will lie organized as soon as we gef
the ..supplies. IV e invite the general
public, and wish to insist that all Meth-
odists meet with u Sunday morning at
lb o'clock.
T. W. ST, JOHN, D. (\
When the food value of honey is re-
duced to figures, vve are surprised to
find that a pound section of honey
;about If ounces net) contains as many
calories as 20 eggs. Honey is classed
i among the carbohydrate foods, and is a
Cheruosky, i source of heat and energy. When it is
tober 1 to December .'11, that exceeds'' Richmond. i known that honey contains very little
the record of the preceding nine months Commissioners: Precinct No. 1, Kinch cane sugar, and consists mainly of grape
of the year in the number and, mileage Hillyer of Rosenburg; Precinct No. 2,1 sugar and fruit sugar, it will be realiz-
of projects. The estimated cost of these Fred Kemp of Orchard; Precinct No. j ed that honey is a predigested food
approved projects since October I, 40 in' ,3, A. J. Adams, Missouri City; Precinct | directly ax ailtibb; for Hie production of
• heat and energy. This explains why
number, in '32 counties, $8,341,7(17,"of
which amount $2,432,472 is Federal aid.
the remainder being county funds. The
total amount granted to approved pro-
jects previous to October 1- only
amounted to $3,000,000 and the total
cost of these projects previously app-
proved amounted to seven and a quar-
ter million dollars approximately.
The mileage of projects approved
No. 4, T. L; Mullins/ Simonton.
County Clerk: M. M. Newell.
Auditor: G. D. Myers T' , j
District Clerk: W. E. Jones.
Sheriff: II. W. Collins.
County Attorney: Robert A. Bassett.
Tax Collector: C. H. Waddell
Tax Assessor: Geo. R. Reading.
Treasurer: H. M. Shannon.
Superintendent of Education: Miss
prior to October 1 since the creation of Minnie Mayes.
the State Highway Department amount ! Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 4,
ed to 981 'miles of Federal aid projects
and 524 miles of State aid projects. Of
this mileage 395 miles included bituini-
nous surfaced roads and 43 miles of
concrete pavement. The <142 miles in-
cluded in the the projects approved
since October 1 include 246 miles of
(Sugar Land), A. F. Sundermyer.
Constable, Precinct No, 4, B.
d’oss.------
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honey is unsurpassed for the relief of-
fatigue, and enables tts to understand
why Jonathan, wearied ill the long pur-
suit of the Philistines-, was so immedi-
ately refreshed by a little honey. Ni-
trogenous matter occurs in the form of
pollen grains always present as an ac-
cidental'mixture, and there is nitrogen
also in the albumen supplied by the
bees in the elaboration of the honey. It
lias recently been shown ,that honey
also contains those mysterious sub-!
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PLUMOSUS..........$2.00 Per 100
ASP. EDULIS, for Greens. .50 Per 100
CUT TUBEROSES ... $3.00 Per 100
Bulbs Now Ready
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IMPERIAL GARDENS
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
Sunday School.
Every Sunday, 9:45 a. m.; A. Thors-
bituminous surfaced roads and 31 miles tenberg, Supt.
stances known ns vitamin"1*, 'U th“ qb
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sence of which an animal will lose
weight, although supplied with a food
ration that is otherwise adequate.
Preaching.
Every second and fourth Sunday at
11 a. m. and 8:00 p. m., under the aus-
pices of the Baptist church, by Rev.
E. O. Guenther spent the holidays
with relatives in San Antonio.
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of concrete pavement. The larger
amount of mileage of higher class more
permanent type of surfacing has been
attained through the co-operation of the
counties now having funds with which Voting, ef Sugar Land,
to build and whose officials appreciate Prayer Meeting,
the efforts of the department in insist-i General, Wednesday night;
ing upon the higher types of surfacing Friday night.
Baptist,
for first-class roads to meet the grow-
ing traffic conditions and in uniting the
main thoroughfares of the State system
of roads.
The department is finding that on ac-
count of the increase in the cost of ma-
terials many of the counties which
•voted bonds several months ago are
finding it necessary to reduce the num-
ber of miles of road originally contem-
plated or to modify the type of the road
originally provided for. The State
Rev. T. W. St.
. Mathodist
Every Sunday morning and evening
in the Auditorium.
John, pastor.
Preaching.
Every first and third Sunday at 11:00
a. m. and 8:00 p. m., under the auspices
of the Presbyterian Church, by Rev.
Johnston, of Houston.
Junior Endeavor.
Meets every Sunday, at 3:00 p. m.;
Miss Janie Wilson, President.
Sug
;ar Lan
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CAUSTIC SODA NITRE CAKE
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FULLERS EARTH
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Sick
Women
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TAKE
We Thank You.
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VINEGAR DEPARTMENT
Distilled Grain of All Strength
Inquiries Solicited From the Trade
Sugar Land Manufacturing Co.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
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Company wishes to ex-
press Hearty Thanks
for the liberal patronage
of its customers during
the past year and Pledg-
es its Very Best Service
during the coming year.
HERE’S A
Happy New Year to all.
Imperial Mercantile Co.
Dry Goods Department
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Jackson, A. D. Texas Farm and Industrial News (Sugar Land, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1920, newspaper, January 2, 1920; Sugar Land, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821755/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .