The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 363, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1926 Page: 2 of 6
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LULING Tex. July 2.—(A1)—Ap-
proximately $2000 000 distributed as
bonuses by a big hearted oil pro-
moter who had made his “pile" and
i*|| wanted to share his happiness and
prosperity with former employes
Thursday brought a business boom
to' this little city.
The money was a gift to co-work-
ers in the search l'or and exploita-
tion of the liquid gold from Edgar
B. Davis president of the North and
South Oil company which recently
disposed of all its holdings to the
depth of 3.000 feet to the Magnolia
Petroleum company for a considera-
tion of approximately $12000000. As
a result of the sudden influx of dol-
lars into the little city of 1500 per-
sons the two Luling banks Thursday
were handling the largest suras since
their founding- and dealers in the
highest priced luxuries such a*
automobiles were beset with calls for
their merchandise.
Nor were the beneficiaries of Davis’
goodwill confined to the philanthrop-
ists' intimate friends for the
roughnecks" who “pulled rods” on
the trembling fltfofs of derricks as
well as the hlg^st official were
smiled upon by fortune and shared in
the new wealthh. The only qualifi-
cation was one should have been an
employe of the old -North and
South.”
Five officials of the coinpnay are
said to have received more than
$300000 each and other employes re-
ceived sums ranging from a few hun-
dred to a few thousand dollars.
The money was distributed accord-
^Mg to a plan whereby every person
revived an amount commensurate
witVthe time he was with the com-
panyX
Thursday’s gift was hte culmina-
tion of a scries of beneficent acts
by Davis since the sale of his pro-
perty others being the cstablishmeiK
of a fund of $1000000 for agricul-
tural research and experiment the
endowment of a home for children
and the purchase and donation of tw>»
large parks to the town of Luling.
\pLD FARMER ‘GETTING READY”
\ yyg* .—iiSsK^SSfe *’<l<w>^rf» l>hoto/*
Ben F. Hodge in front of his cffoin
POPULAR BLUFF Mo. July 2.-
Missouri's oldest farmer is getting
ready for “old age.”
He is Ben F. Hodge who lives by
himself in a little log cabin 10
miles north of Popular Bluff. “Uncle
Ben."' as he is known is 100 years
of age. He has a Bible with the
family history to prove it.
"I bought forty acres of land four
years ego.” says “Uncle Ben.” “and
I am clearing it up so that when I
get old 1 can rent it out and live
off the returns. 1 don’t expect to
get old for ten years yet.”
“I'ncle Ben” smokes a pipe all the
time and has since he was seven
years old. He grows his own tobacco
and refuses absolutely to use “tailor
made” cigarettes or tobacco. He
drinks coffee three times a day and
before prohibition he enjoyed his
little nip.
“I can get along without it” hi
says “hut I did miss it for a while."
DUSTING COTTON ON
FARMSNEARPHARR
(Special to The Herald.)
PHARR Texas July 2.—Farmers
of this vicinity are dusting their cot-
ton with posion powder at the pres-
ent time'for the purple of ridding
their fields of the worms and weevils
which are infesting some section* of
the Rio Grande Valley. Most of
j those who have to use the poison
are employing Calcium Arsenate with
the best of results in exterminating
the pests which ha* proved to be a
very successful medicine for them.
It is the opinion of the farmers
that one dusting will be adequate to
rid the fields of the pests if it does
not rain immediately after it has
been applied and wash it off.
Prospects are fine for a good cot*
ton crop in this part of the Valley
and it is the opinion of the tarmers
that a bumper crop will be gathered
if something does not happen in the
i near future.
TAMMANY IS DEVI)
ALBANY*. N. Y*.— I*oliticnl prog-
nosticators take note. "Tammany” a
tiger ia diad. Governor A! Smith
ordered its execution. A “pet in his
zoo hail become too obstrepofous.” |
Oak Flooring j
Special for the Week I
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SAYS JIM FILIPPANT
TOWARD STATUTES
STEPHENVILLE. Texas. July 2 (JP
District Judge J. B. Keith intro
duced Attorney General Dan Moody
for an address here Thursday wit!
I the charge that the Ferguson ad
I ministration has been flippan!
toward law enforcement.
Judge Keith adjourned court sc
that a jury then hearing a case mighl
j hear the candidate. “The state is
1 handicapped by an administrator
[which does not give a flip whether
Maws are eneorced” Judge Keith de-
I dared. District Attorney Sam Rus-
I sell who presided previously char-
[ acterized James E. Ferguson as *‘a
governor serving through a petti-
coat.”
Moody’s program Friday included
an afternoon address at Marlin ami
one in the evening at Temple.
HARDIN SPEAKING
SCHEDULE REVISED
(Special The Herald.)
MISSION. Texa>. July 2. A re-
vised schedule of speaking dates
which will take him out of the Val-
ley from Monday. July 5 to Satur-
day July 17. was announced today
for Shf Ilardin from ♦ his head-
quarters here.
The candidate for congress op-
posing John N. Garner will speak
at Kingsville on Monday night and
will be out of the Valley until July
19 when he is scheduled to speak at
RaymomiviHe. He will close his
campaign nt McAllen on the night of
July 23.
The new schedule follows:
Kingsville. July 5; Laredo July 7;
Carrizo Springs July 8; C rystal City
July 9; Ragle Pass. July 10; I’valdc
July 12; Sabinal. July 13; Hondo
July 14; Pearsall. July 15; Jourdan-
ton. July 16; San Diego. July 17;
Raymondville. Jbly 19; Mission.
July 29; -Edinburg July 21; Mer-
cedes July 22; McAllen. July 23.
FIVE MORE DIE
KOWKL. Volhynin. Poland July 1.
— Five deaths today among those
wounded in yesterday’s explosion of
a war time giVnade among a group
of soldiers near here brought the
total fatuities to 46. Nearly 50
wounded arc in the hospital.
The grenade was discovered a» the
soldiers v ere crossing a field. One
of them dropped i: while examining
it.
onfidence in Your Groceryman i
(Specials for Friday and Saturday
JeUo per package--L-... 10c
14 Pounds Sugar $1.00
‘1 Package Swans Down Flour_____ 40c
t 3 Packages Old Dutch Cleanser 25c
d&inpbeirs Pork & Beans per can.. 10c
$1000 Roach Killer 35c
$1000 Ante Bane.. 35c
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Koffee Tea Garden Preserves Canned
Grape Fruit Watermelons
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Valley Champion Club
to be Picked at San
Benito Tonight
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO Tex. July 2.—The
Valley-wide Masonic > championship
will be decided here tonight ut the
Masonic Hall. This is the climax
to county-wide contests which have
been completed in Hidalgo and Cam-
eron in which the best material from
these counties has been selected.
The team from Cameron county is
as follows: J. T. h’oster Harlingen
worshipful master; Frank Grimsell
San Benito senior warden; Fred N.
Booth San Benito junior warden;
O. N. Joiner Harlingen senior dea-
con; W. Murray. La Fcria junior
warden and Dr. C. H. Thorne
Brownsville secretary.
The Hidalgo team consists of R. C.
Hankins of Pharr worshipful mas-
ter; Frank Dawson of Mercedes
senior warden; Boh Broadus of F.din-
buig junior warden; T. J. Fikes of
Donna secretary; L. G. Besimer of
McAllen senior deacon; E. L. Bowlin
of Donna junior deacon; Archie
Carlson of Pharr tiler; Fred Rueck-
ing of Phair master of ceremonies.
The teams will be judged on the
manner in which they put on the
third degree. The winning team
will he presented with the Valley
championship banner.
District Deputy Grand Master
Harry Mertz of Donna will act as
judge.
MARKETS
Cars loaded from the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Wednesday and for-
; warded from Harlingen Thursday
I according to a report prepared by
the Gulf Coa>t Lines*
Corn—Me rcedes 1 Weslaco. Total
car* to date 14371. Total to date last
year 12.386.
POTATOES
CHICAGO III. July 2.-- Potatoes
1 slow; Southern sacked cobblers and
triumphs 3.00; sacked California
long whites 3.15; North Carolina
barrel cobblers 5.75.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. La. July 2- The
cotton market opened steady al-
though Liverpool was lower than
due. First trades here were un-
changed to fi points down and prices
eased off after the start owing tot
the absence of rain in the belt.
There was little activity in the
market traders being disposed to
hold off until the government re-
port. to lie issued today.
The market ruled quiet all morn-
ing with little disposition to trade.
Prices improved owin<r to belated
short covering October trading up
to 16.10 and December to 16.0.1 or 8
to 12 points above the lows and 1
i to 4 points above the previous close.
LIVESTOCK
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July 2-
Cattle 2.000; calves 100; all classes
generally steady; mixed yearlings
U.60; good light weight steers 9.25;
top veals 11.50; Texas grass steers
it) quarantine division steady;
quality plain; bulk 5.00 ft 6.40; in-
side prices p' id for few loads in
cutter flesh.
Hogs 4.5(0; light weight to ship-
pers steady to 10c higher than
Thursday averages; big packers go-
ing s!owr; bidding lower; weighty
offerings dull; top 14.80 on 160
pounds; uulk of sales 13.75 ft) 14.50:
180 225 pounds 13.35 ft) 14.60; sorted
light lights up to 14.00; packing
sows 11.60 (n 12.00; stock pigs
steady 16.00 ft 15.75.
Closing sales to packers steady to
10t lower than Thursday’s average;
260 ft 325 ponds 13.75 ft 13.95.
NEW "CINDERELLA” SORROWS
NEW YORK#—A little lady from
Dubuque Iowa is sadder hut wiser*
(.ucille Lee. 15. came out of the west
to be a Cinderella having read a
lot about Mr. Browning. She saved
up carfare and disillusioned sought
the travelers* aid society.
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Women
Use
Then dispose of this new
hygienic help easily as
tissue —no laundry
WOMEN by the millions are
discarding the old-time “sani-
j tary pad" for a new and scientific
way.
A way that offers protection un-
known before. A way too that
solves the old embarrassment of
disposal.
It is called‘’KOTEX” Eight in 10
better-class women row employ it.
. y Discards as easily as a piece of
tissue. No laundry. No embar-
rassment.
It’s five times as absorbent as
ordinary cotton pads I
You dine dance motor for hours
in sheerest frocks without a second’s
doubt or fear.
It deodorizes too. And thus ends
ALL danger of offending.
You ask for it at any drug or
department store without hesitancy
simply by saying “KOTEX.” /
Do as millions are doing. End
old insecure ways. Enjoy life every
day. Package of twelv^ costs only
a few cents.
KOfex
No laundry—ditcard like
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PAPERS DURANCE
RAP GOVERNMENT
PARIS. July 2.——The fall in tho
franc yesterday to the new low level
of .'16.90 to the dollar and uncertain-
ty in parliamentary circles regarding
the fate of the Briand-Caillnu'i cabi-
net when it facea the chamber of
deputies next Tuesday are reflected
in the morning newspapers.
There is a flood of adverse critic-
ism of the government from the
right and centre organs and sneers
at the Anglo-Saxons particularly the
Americans from the left. Hints
such as “when shall we have an
eleventh Briand ministry” coupled
with redoubled demands that there
should be a transfer clause if not it
safeguard clause inserted in the
debt agreement reached at Washing-
ton by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury Mellon and Ambassador liercnger
are printed.
Prince of Wales Also
Is Good Trap Artist
LONDON July 2.—The Prince of
Wales as a jazz band drummer has
made his first appearance.
When the Prince arrived at one of
the fashionable clubs the band leader
decided to give the loyal visitor one
of his favorite tunes Wonder
Where .My Baby la Tonight.” Tne
Prince began to dance nlnioit imme-
diately and kept at it through eight
encores.
A little later the Prince took
charge of the drum stick.- and gave
the “trap” *»a'i u rest of several
nours.
GARRETT FILES REPORT
AUSTIN Tex.. July 2.—Gefrrge G.
Garrett of Dallas. democratic can-
didate for state treasurer has spent
$625 in furthering his campaign his
report filed with the secretary o.'
state showed today.
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S. S. S. is just the thing
needed to strengthen the nerves
restore muscular power to the
hotly and increase the endurance
of weak failing women and
men.
Don’t keep on going down
simply because your blood is
starving for want of healthy
red blood-cells. You can get
back your strength with S. S. S.
Why! You’ll begin living all
over again. You will enjoy eat-
ing and above all you will be
able to stand up under the
strain of daily life am! enjoy it.
You can take S. S. S. with
confidence — millions testify to
its merits. A»i unbroken record
of service for over 100 years it
a (treat testimonial to a great
medicine.
Remember S. S. S. is made
only from fresh roots and herbs.
OUTFORLYNCH
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Tide Turning to Him
Candidate Says In
West Texas
ABILENE. Texas July 2 (A1)—On
his way from San Angelo to Abilene
yesterday Lynch Davidson made
four speeches and concluded the
dav with a fifth address before a
crowd which tilled a large section
of Federal Lawn park and stood for
two hours to hear the candidate.
In hia speech h^re. Davidson re-
ferred to Dan Moody’s recent mar-
riage to Miks Paxton of Abilene by
saying that ”1 feel as if 1 stand up-
on pie-emptcd ground for Abilene
people would show poor spirit if they
did net feel very kindly toward the
young man who showed such good
judgment in the selaction of his
bride.”
i Referring to the announcement of
Oscar Holcombe Mayor of Hoa.ston
and th«" entire city administration
in Davidson's favor he said:
I “The oil owned press of Houston
has been broadcasting the state-
ment that I will not carry my home
town which I carried two years ago
by 20<KJ plurality: The mayor and
city administration would not take
this stand against t he powerful
newspaper interests there if the peo-
ple were not backing mu.’
lie said .degrams are •• oaring in
to say that the political situation
everywhere has turned topsy turvy
in the past few weeks and where I
wa» trailing the other two candidates
1 am now kicking dust in their faces
titul look back at them.” He said he !
has had to abandon indo. • meeting i
because of inability to find hall*
large enough to contain the crowds.
Davidson and his party left early
today for Baird.
COTTON CROP
(Continued from page one.)
and 113.000; Missouri SO and 4884100;
| Tennessee* 72 and 1191000; Ala-
I l.ama 7* and 3?874HKJ; Mississippi 7is
! and 3781.0*10; Louisiana .73 and 1-
9794)00; Texas HO and lK.y4H.rt00; Ok-
lahoma 7K and ft.160.0rtt); Arkansas 7y
and 3y«7.IMl®; New Mexico H« and
1324)00; Arizona 1*1 and 168000; Cal-
ifornia 99 and 167 000.
AH other states 74 and 50.000.
The inaiket turned weaker on the
exchanges at both New Orleans and
New York following the government
j crop report according to Associated'
Press dispatches. "Selling seemed to
i be more or less general." New York
| reported.
Boxes Are Set Asicb
For Italian Royalty
ROME July 2.- Members of the
Italian Royal family when tr«'"-l-
Lng will la* certain of good scats
for grand opera.
By a icw decree the special Royal
boxes have been renovated in the
Scala opera House of Milan the San
Carlo of Naples the Fenice of Ven-
ice ana the Carlo Felice oi (lenoa.
They are paid for permanently by
the Ministries of Finance and Pub-
lic Instruction.
ly announced he y_
natd:
J in . disturbance you
nessed here earned by
people will result 1 belie!
change of the words of the
ul anthem. It is too bad
haven't a Kipling to write the nil
In fact we ought to ask Kipling)
to provide us with the words.”
Try a Herald Classified Ad
A Special Ready-to-Wear Attraction
Tomorrow
First-of-the-Month Sale of
Printed Silk Dresses
Reduced from $22.50
for this event
*14-9®
A splendid opportunity for
thrifty shoppers to purchase
a stvlish summer dress at an
unusually attractive saving.
The styles include one and
two-piece models in a great
number of variations. Fash-
ion-high for street afternoon
traveling and general sum-
mertime wear. Prints too
are tremendously proper ties
season and this showing feat-
ures some of most favored
printed effects in gayest col-
orings.
Saturday Special—Holeproof Hose pure
thread silk in all the new shades
$1.00
Aziz cBros
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at a Great Saving
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On Farm Implements Wagons Harness and Plows
j Wagonmakers and Blacksmiths Save
| . 30% to 50%
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