Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-10-27
Notes Cleaned by the Eagles
Travelling Representative. y
DENCHLEY, MILLICAN,
Allenfarm, WelibOrn, MaDganic
Wells, and the Broom
Factory. Notes by
the Way.

clultyi elBhl ullles hVit" VI ~"
on the II. & T. c. railroad, showed
the people Of that locality to be in
a prosperous condition with good
crops. Benchley has one general
merchandise house. Mr.. II. +.
Payne is proprietor and also post
master. The local gin is owned by
Scale & Prater, with +. S. Wilcox
in charge as manager. The public
school building is used by various
denominations as meeting place.
Manganic Wells was another
point of interest. Lying two miles
northwest Of Bryan, its fine medici.
nal properties are well known here,
and have attracted considerable at
tention elsewhere. Mr.. Dean Is in
charge OF the Wells.
In the lower part Of the county
is Alleniarm on the Gulf Colorado,
Il Santa Fe railroad, headquarters
for some immense plantations.
Steele & Steele have general sup.
ply house with the postoilice and
there are two gins.
Millican, tw hty miles south oil
Bryan, was next visited. II isan
historic place aud was formerly the
metropolis t Bnzos county and .
terminus Of the II. & 7. c. The
business houses arc now a. follows: /
scrimshire q Player, general mer-
A. J. Edwards, groceries
and liquors; W. b. Scrim-hire,
drugs and postmaster; CD. Hemp |
fling, general merchandise; f. II. |
Pool, lumper yard and blacksmith |
shop; George Hemphing and II. +. l
Smith, blacksmith shops, J. +. /
Player, gin. Good public schools !
and churches are maintained by
the people.
An enterprise adjacent to Mill.
can is the rock quarry operated by
Green Il Olive, accessible 5y a tap
from the railroad. They work
number Of men and get out inn
mense quantities of crushed rock
which has been much used on the
Qualifications at Galveston. A steam
drill, black powder and dynamite
are used in quarrying, the electric
current being employed for explo-
sions, and the rock run through
Wellborn, ten miles south Of
Bryan, on the railroad is widely /
known for the enterprise and pro-
Of its citizens. j. II. /
Royder & Bro. have three stores
and handle everything. They also
have a lumber y5rd and very fine
gin. ii. l.. Gentry d Co., have a
stock of general merchandise and |
Mr.. Gentry is postmaster. Mr.. NJ. |
:. Freeman has a general merchan-
disc house. Good schools and
churches are maintained.
The Bryan broom factory, two
miles north Of Bryan, Was visited.
This enterprise is owned and OPP
Grated by stangel & White, and
has a capacity Of three TO four doz-
en- good brooms per day, which sell
from sl.3j to 800 per dozen. Mr..
Shngel says broom corn raised in
Brazos and adjoining counties is
better and stronger and more de-
-irable for his work than that rails
ed in the north. They pay 3 to 81
cents per pound for it, and say they
will give the farmers all the seed
they want to plant. On average
land it produces 1900 pounds per
acre with comparatively little la
Dor They do wholesale broom
business exclusively.
The Eagle representative has Wis.
tied all the communities in the
county since starting out this sea-
son and has been we'll received
everywhere, adding largely TO our
subscription lists and forming the
acquaintance Of the people. This
work will be continued Indefinitely