The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 173, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 23, 1928 Page: 3 of 30
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IE CHANGE
IVE STOCK
Cleanup Fea-
of Day At
rt Worth
RTH Dec. 22.—(*V-To-
st of cattle was strictly
'fair with \ery few car-
one class. It took a
ession to start them to
t steady values with
‘ct during yesterday’s
included in th day’s
very fea bulls. Those
sold sround 6.25 for the
bulls and $6.75 for the
ind heifers for slaugh-
morn plentiful than
portior to the total re-
car sold at 11.00 and
sold at 11.50 odd head
kind 0.00 to 10.00. and
sorts 6.00 to 7.00.
f common rows i- the
ision sold at 4.25 some
desirable one* at 4.00
sionnl good cow up to
were very scarce. Bulk
to 5 75.
calve* on hand to
fcf. They sold at .".O't
$10.00 for good calves
res reported
y to ten cents higher:
end the truck top 6.25.
lb. averages sold at
packing sows 7.00'o
I Aged Texans M.
Nacogdoches Die
Nacogdoches tp*.. per. 22.-
^—Two of the olde-t residents of
Nacogdoches county died today.
Mrs. Helen Reid. 93. and “Uncle
Jimmie” Stephens. 99. the pioneer*
lived about 10 mile* a^art. becamp ill
*»n the name day an ddied within a
few hours of each other.
PUBLICATION OF ~
PALMETTO DELAYED
Publication date of the first uf
three editions of the Palmetto
Brownsville high school mngazine
which was tentatively net for last
Friday has been moved up to Sat-
urday of next week.
Copies will then be mailed out
11 as it will be during the C hristmas
holidays.
j The delay was caused by the fail-
ure of engravirgs to arrive on
j schedule.
i ' The edition will be proofread Mon-
dav by members of the staff.
The magazine which has a mini-
mum of fiO pages is largelv devoted
to athletics laying particular stress
on the football team chnmnions of
the Lower R o Cr:>- le Valley end
rconquerors of Alamo Heights of San
Antonio ard PePan! Academy paro-
chial champions of
' ~UJ~ur ' ~l~l1 ~u~lJ >
DRUG STORE WRECKED BY TRAIN
! he “Southerner’ Seaboard Airline passenger train struck nn auto in
W ake Forest N. (’. and then ploughed into the rear of a drag store.
'1 he driver of the auto was killed but train pa.^engers and crew and
persons in the drug store escaped injury.
Announce Xmas
Tree Programs
f Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Pec. 22.—Church
' hriitmaj trees were inaugurated
with the program at the Methodist
church Friday night and programs
j.t the other chorees will be held
Sunday and * nday night.1.
The First Baptist church and the
Presbyterian church will hold their
Christman tree program* Sunday
night and the Immanuel Baptist
church and the Lutheran church
will hold programs Monday night.
PERSONALS
Charles Celaya arrived in Browns- j
villa last night from Rlj Grande!
City He is planning to spend the
week-end with relatives here.
Miss Ida Harris R sh and Miss
i Henrietta Brush of Houston are in
Brownsville today.
R. A. Wagner of ** n«as City. 1j
in town on a business trip.
G. A. Johnsn arrived in tht« ettjr
[ yesterday from his home in Birm-
ingham. Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Reynolds of i
Orange Grove Te\. are in town f*r
a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. W. ?. Hinds f Af-
ton N. Y.. are in Brownsville on a
pleasure trip.
R. V. Allen arrived in this elty
last night from his hnniv* in De-
troit.
Miss Vera Wotters of San Berito
is here on a few days* visit.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Kinzlev and
Louis Heines of Mohawk. D.. nrd
H. Kinrley of Minneapolis are in
Brownsville on a pleasure trip.
David Cmmuk arrived Saturday
! mornine to be with his parents Mr.
;.nd Mrs. Bert M. Cromack for the
t h'l.stmas holiday*. lie has been
enrolled at tb* (diversity of Okla-
homa durinj: the past term.
* Mr. and Mrs. .1. K. Wells return-
I c<l home from New Orleans Satur-
day Mrs. Wells has been in New
Orleans for some time and Mr.l
Wells went there to accompany her
home.
V\ iliiam Conkling is at home with
his parents Mr. and Mr Ms. W. J.
t’onklinjr. for the vacation He is a
student at the University of Texas
Austip.
Miss Rernicre Alford left Satur-
day ni-rht for San Antonio where she
will spend her vacation.
Mrs. I). P. Gay is back from Hous-!
ton after a few days’ absence.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Murdock ar-1
rived in Brownsville Saturday to *
•spepnd the remainder of the winter.I
Their home is in New York but they'
\ own property near Brownsville and i
I this will be thethird winter they
have spent here.
FEED COMPANY IS
MOVING BUILDING
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BKN'ITO Dec. tll’.-The build-
in sr of the San Benito heed company
across the street from the pjitof-
fice here is to be moved to a new
location near the company's build-
ing on Stcnger street it was an- j
nounced by the owners.
A proposition of widening the j
street in front of the postoffice at *
this pjint is under consideration. i
Bl’^s RESTAURANT
SAN BENITO. Dec. 22.—William ;
M. Tressler. who operated a res-
taurant here many years ago. has
returned and gone back into the res-
taurant business here. purchasing
the Black Diamond lunch room from
P. H. Rogers.
ftp
WILL HANDLE
COAST LANDS
Br&ssf ield to Head
Bay View Sales
Organization
J. V. Brasfield. Chicago has been •
appointed general agent of the Port
' Isabe company and his organization
has been placed in charge of the
sale of Bayview Citrus Groves ac-
cording to announcement of C. R.
Tyrell president of the Port Isabel i
company .
Y/m. Ciendenin Chisago also was
appointed director of public relations
for the Port Isabel company. He al- i
ready was serving the Brasfield or- j
ganization as publicity counsel.
At this time it was announced that
arrangements had been made with
the Central Power and Light com- !
pany to extend the Port Isabel pow-1
er line to the Bayview Citrus Groves
property and to electrify all pump-
ing units as installed. Electricity
thus will be come available to pur-
chasers who locate on the tract for
home lighting power and heating.
Mr. Brasfield has been in the Val-
ley several times before his first
visit being in 19<M> about the time
Port Arthur was founded.
Mr. Ciendenin was in the Valley i
two years ago and has been back ■
several times recently. He original- I
| cd the story of the richness of sed- '
J imenta from the Rio Grande which
1 resulted in a challenge for a conipar- ;
| ison of fertility with the Valley of
! the Nile being issued to the Egyp
| tian authorities.
' Mr. Ciendenin has interested him- |
i self in the promotion of publicity j
j 'or Valley grapefruit and has aecur-
i *'d the endorsement of two health
j and beauty associations.
The American Beauty culture asso- j
■ nation of Chicago and New York j
recommends Valley grapefruit as the
1 best for beauty culture because of
j its high natural sugar content which
i obviates the necessity of using ar-
; tificinl sugar.
| The National Women’s Health
■ asociation has found Valley graoc- j
| fruit to be the best in comparison
with samples from Florida. Califor-
\ nia. for health also because of the
| high natural sugar content.
Mr. Brasfield Mr. Ciendenin. and
Anton Var.ek president of Anton
Vanek and sons a Chicago real es-
tate firm who had been here several
i days returned to Chicago Inst night.!
COLLEGE STUDENTS
ON TOUR OF VALLEY
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BKNITO Dec. 22.—A. & M. .
college students of horticulture who
i are thuring the Lower Rio Grande
Valley spent Friday night and part
of Saturday here as guests of the
San Benito Chamber of Commerce
the Harlingen Chamber of Com-
1 merce and former A. &. M. students
I in this section.
The students were given a ban-
quet at the Stonewall Jackson hotel |
here Friday night and made a fcmr j
of the section Saturday.
1 CITY BRIEFS |i
Christmas Trees Evergreen Firs.
' Five feet to 10 feet high. $1-25 to
1 $3.50. American Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps Stats National Bank
Twelfth street.—Adv 24.
For your convenience. Bollack’x
will be cpen every night until Christ-
mas.—Adv.
You Can Buy a Corona or Royal
Portable typewriter in colors fStrn-
I dard Keyboard) for $5 per month
; now. Davenport Typewriter Ex-
j change. Brownsville.—Adv. 24.
Rollick s . . . gift headquarters
... open every night until Christ-
mas.—Adv.
Shop tonight . . . tomorrow nigh*
and Christmas Eve at Bollack’s . . .
Open every night until € ristmas.—
Adv.
Phone Miss Biggs at 132S-W for
home baked fruit cakes. Angel food
or pies baked to order.—adv. tf.
A Wonderful Christmas present
and yet real service for years—A
Corona or Royal Portable typewriter
(Standard Keyboard) in colors $5
monthly payments. Davenport Typa- |
writer Exchange Brownsville.— ’
Adv. 24.
To Chicago—G. C. Richardson
I maragor of the Brownsville Cham-
ber of Cf.tmmerce left Saturday -
! night for Chicago upon receipt of
news that his mother is seriously I
ill. He expects to return home
about January 1.
raving Work—Work of the laying
of new water mains on Adams street
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
preparatory to the pavirg of this
black is now in progress. Actual
paving work is expected by those in
charge to be started early in Janu-
ary.
Mail Delivery—The tardiness of
the delivery of nail in the city dur-
ing the last few days is explained
by those in charge of the mail dis- j
tribution to be due to the enormous j
amount of Christmas nail that is
beirg received every day at the local
postoffice. This condition it was
explained will <*>ntinue until after
< hristmas and possibly longer. The
mail pouches of the carrier will hold
only a small part of the mail which
is arriving on each i-co.ning train j
a’d they have to return to the post- '
office several times for additional
loads before they finish their routes.|
< hicago Squad Leaves—The De- .
I'aul Academy * otball squad which
has hoen in Brownsville for the past
two days left last night for Chicago.
The Chicago boys were loud in their
prai«c of Brownsville and were es-
pecially grateful for the hospitality
shown them by the local people.
Many Hunters—Information from
local sorting goods stores yester-
day indicated that a near record-
breaking number of hunters were
leaving last night and early this
morning for the "flats” along the
coast. Today Is the first opportun-
Jty that’ many of the recently re
turned college boya have had t© do
any hunting this season according
! to sportsmen here and they are ex-
i pected »> turn out in full force.
—
Ereciing Building—The founda-
t lion has been laid and the support-
ing brick pillars reinforced with
steel are rapidly being erected on
the new building which Brown
White of San Benito is constructing .
at Eighth and Elirahet’> streets. This 1
buildirg will house the Piggly-
Wiggly store when completed and
Mr. White expects to add two addi-
tional stories in the near future
which will be used as a hotel. Spare
is being left in the rear of the
building for a bitel lobby and ele-
vator.
Christmas Tree—Mrs. J. J. Young
who lives at Fifth and St. Cjjnrle*
streets has made a lar Christma-
tree out of a growing rvrrgrecp fee
in the front of her home. Small
colored lights have been hung
throughout the tree and person*
passing at night renort that it pre-
sents a very beautiful appearance.
School Kid’s Itch vanishes after e
fiw days b applying a piec. of cot !
ten. saturated in Imperial Eciema 1
Remedy to affected parts at bed-
time. AM druggists are authorised
to refund our money i; it faila.—
Adv. (T)
Hickey's Old reliable Eye Water
cools and heals red eyes. Doesn’t
hurt. Red folding box. All drug-
gists.—Adv. (7j
Mrs. H. C. Ramirez of S*n Benito
has been awarded a dress in the
sal© of the I. Cohen stock by the I
Universal Dress Shop.—adv.
A Boy—Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hicks |
announce the birth of a son Dec. 20. j
He weighs 8 1-2 pounds ard has |
been named E. L. Jr. Mother and
child are doing nicely. *
jm • vara -mm ——- —
KIDNAP CASE 1
NEARSI OSE
Deluge Black Hand;
Letter* Descend
On Attorney*
•-
CHICAGO. Dec. 22.—.A*;—Under
■ .1 sinister cloud of threatening black-1
j hand letters the Ranieri kidnaping
trial drew to a close today with the '
state demanding death for two of the
three defendants.
Sixteen-year-old Tony Cappellano.t
was ignored virtually in the closing*
j argument of Assistant State's Attor-
| ney Hoffman who trained his entire
battery on Angelo Petitti saloon I
owner and Tony’s father Andrew 1
Capellano.
On these two he laid the Marne |
for the kidnaping on ten-year-old 1
Billy Ranieri and his being held cap-
tive on the Cappellano farm near
Bourhonnais. 111. while demands for
SfiO.WH) were mede on the father. A.
I Frank Ranieri Italian contractor.!
Tony’s only connection with the case.
according to tho testimony was in
obeying hit father’a command to act
aa a personal guard for tho kidnaped
lad.
Defonsa counsel received Its first
threatening letter today the mem-
bers of the prosecution heretofore
being the only recipients. Attorney
Benjamin Short was advised by one
who signed “a whits man who mean*
business” that h* ought to bo shot
for defending Petitti and the Cap-
oellanos. The srriter was anxious
that Short understand “this Is not »
hlackhand letter.”
The ease interrupted by the hill-
ing of a principal state witness dis-
appearance of ten others and the fre-
quent arrival of epistles containing
dirt threats was expected to he in
the hands of the jury before tomor-
I row.
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GIRL GETS GREETING
: FROM LIVERPOOL ENG.
Anna Ruth Langford of this city
believes Captain C. F. Nyston. master
of the ship. Colorado Springs has
the memory of an elephant.
The little girl met the captain last
summer and she is in receipt of a
cablegram Christmas greeting from j
the Captain now in port at Liverpool.'
Eng.
AIR SCHOOL
INAUGURATED
Enrollment of SO Stu-
dents Is Expected
After January l
Tha flying ach*jl established at
tha municipal airport by Maj. Ber-
nard Law haa gotten under fu'l
swing and an anrollment of at les t
50 students is expected after Jar i-
ary 1 according to an announce-
ment made Saturday.
Robert Guerrant of Kansas < .*v
has arrived to serve as an
structor in the school along v •
George Carmiehel Law stated.
Saturday Kenneth A. Mathew* of
Johnston Pa. and Oscar J. Cast:!1
received their Initial instructions a-
a number of applicants watchnj
them soar into the air.
One of the features of the srhoo’
which i« being operated according
to department of commerce regul;<
tions is to take e:»ch student who
makes his *oll» flight on a U<V* rr !*■
cror* country trip.
A 6old*Tipped / op
in this
i
flatteringly ghcer
li&IrPStRiP^ Storking
Style 444
Smartly sophisticated alluringly
feminine elegant as to the tiniest
detail is this new liBJflWff crea- <
tion! Style 44-t silk from top to toe
la for formal daytime or formal eve-
ning attire. Needless to say for holi-
day giving it is ideal.
At $2.30 the pair
Style 444 is garterproof of course.
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1Y >ur Last Opportunity to Save Real Money on Jewelry
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We do save you money on your jewelry purchases at this store. It is not just “com-
mon saying” with Dorfman’s. We mean it and will prove it to your satisfaction. We
operate on a smaller margin of profit. Wc curtail our overhead expenses buy in
large quantities. In fact we have the largest selection in the Valley. This savin?
is passed on to our customers. We make it a business to extend values you cannot
duplicate elsewhere.
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Diamond Dinner Rings
In solid platinum and 18k white gold some
set with emerald or blue sapphire combine
tions. They are all hand pierced mount-
ings of thr very finest quality priced from
$25 to $7.Ml—
ALL ON E-FI FI M OFF
^ Diamond Set Bar Pins
S Platinum and white gold hand pierced de-
signs that were priced from $15 to $450.no
ALL ONE-FIFTH OFF
£ DIAMOND SET LINK BRACELETS
M n plat.num and wrhite gold. The price
j range is from $35 to $1250.00
f All One-Fifth Off
'• PLATINI’M DIAMOND SET
Bl WEDDING RINGS
5 Diamond* $f>0.00; special.$|8.o»
I 8 Diamond* $75.00; special.$59.75
| r 11 Diamonds $100.00; special.$79.50
/V {j 20 Diamond*. $150.00; special.$129.50
'1. ____
Real Bargains in
HAVIRAND CHIN
‘INNER SETS
Vt Off
Regula' Prices
I10H Values
Special
$50.00
|150 Values
Special
$75.00
JIM Values
Special
$100.00
WOMEN’S WARD-
ROBE CASES
Regularly priced
from I’-’O to *50.
' All One-
Fifth Off
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' V
N«?w Ultra Smart
Jewelry nt
Dorfman’a
Jewelry becomes a part
of the wearer—it en-
dear* itrelf as the year*
roll by—constantly re-
minding your friend of
you and all your
thoughtfulness.
You still can save from
JO per cent to 33 1-3
per cent on jewelry
bought at our tale
which closes at twelve
o'clock Monday night.
The store will he open
until that hour to con-
venience last minute
shoppers.
-— I * —-
Extraordinary Special
Men’s and Ladies’ Wrist Watches
Case is beautifully engraved and these watch- ifj
es are real time keepers. This is an extra spe-
rial offer at only. .. %AJ * nj
Other Laco Wrist Watches Reduced One-Third
Dorfman’s Novelty Jewelry For Xmas
You II find • profusion of novelty jewelry in Dorfman’s stock. Th« n*wer mode? are heinc shown
and the price rsnye is surh that the most restricted budjret can afford to give from this depart-
ment.
i
Necklace* Ear Props
r'"Xl SS Novelty jewelry can he
Pendants And other purchased in single pieces
9 Broaches Novelty or in sets. Come in and
chokers Jewelry see this immense stock.
Store Open Until 12 Monday Night
To Accommodate Late Shoppers
-SPECIAL-
LUGGAGE
OFFERING
A Close Out of Odds and
Ends
Here’s a snap for the Monday shopper.
Many pieces of luggage of good
quality in this lot is being offered at
1 P^" BrownsvilleTex.
n
W1h1iI* *^fre are ^nfy • few more hours to do your Christmas shopping you still tz
wi jnd large and varied assortments at Dorfman’s and at a great savings too. Here
are gi ts thousands of them. Gifts for father mother sister and brother and your A
friends—offered at prices so low that you can give full expression to this year’s rf*
greater spirit of Christmas. We are going to wait for Mr. and Mrs. Last Minute JZ
Shopper until twelve o’clock Monday night. jl
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Diamonds
rdtnary g i f I a
oon vanish into forgetfulness. Their
fleeting beauty and utility barely
rompensate for the money invested.
>t is different with a Porfman dia-
mond-time never dulls its bril-
liance perfection nor its value.
The high quality of all Porfman
diamonds is reflected in the written
guarantee that is given with every
gem sold.
Here is a Partial Dis-
closure of the Savings
* 50 Diamonds_$39.75
$ 75 Diamonds .... $59.75
$100 Diamonds .... $79.75
*125 Diamonds .... $99.75
$150 Diamonds ... $129.75
$200 Diamonds . . . $159.75
$250 Diamonds ... $199.75
AH Others One-Fifth Off
Exquisite Hollow
Ware
There is no greater stock as-
sortment in South Texas. All
we ask is that you come in
and sec for yourself this won-
derful showing.
Here are the finest
standard makes of
Cake plates bread
trays Baskets bowls
vases goblets pitch-
ers tea and coffee
sets etc. All guar-
anteed quality.
It is a pleasure to
' give items purchased 1
at Dorfman’s. The
gifts are modernly
designed and pleas-
ing compliments to
anyone.
We have prices that
will fit any purse— V-
the price range being W
from $3.50 to $35.
And of course each
item is reduced one- gtS
mh■ %
it
Extra Special
FOR MONDAY ONLY
Community 50-Year Silverware
1847 Rogers 50-Year Silverware
25% off
Our Regular Low Selling Prices I
This includes all odd pieces to match I *'■
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