Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1924 Page: 2 of 10
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1924
Mrs. McAdams was a business visi-
tor in Brownsville Saturday.
Mrs. Edwards spent Saturday shop-
ping in Brownsville and San Benito.
Don’t wait for good roads for ease.
Install Four-Dees and go where you
please. (Advertisement.) 4tf
Mrs. William Wise was a business
■visitor in San Juan Wednesday.
Last Thursday a party of visitors
from Cuero arrived in the Valley and
spent the week-end at the Herzog
home. In the party were Rev. Eber-
hard, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hiller, Mr. and
Mrs. F. Koehler, Messrs. Panen 0.
Friederisch and Hartman. They went
to McAllen and other towns and were
delighted with the Valley. Sunday
they spent at the home of D. J. Hil-
derbrand in McAllen.
Come in and see the new arrivals
for graduation. Ben Golden, Jewel-
er. (Advertisement.) It
Mr. Hoshal, who recently pur-
chased the Herzog farm is visiting at
their home this week.
S. B. Gimble, traveling freight
agent for the Fort Worth and Denver
City Ry., was a business visitor in
the city Tuesdas*.
C. W. Adams, commercial agent of
the Gulf Coast Lines spent several
hours in Mercedes Tuesday.
Come in and see the small dia-
monds for the sweet girl graduate.
Ben Golden, Jeweler.) It
Clifton Cobb of Dallas, connected
with the Chicago Great Northern R. R.
was among the railroad men visiting
the city the first of the week.
Breaking of springs eliminated
when you use Four-Dees. (Adver
tisemenf.) 4tf
fine gift for Graduation Ben Gold-
en, Jeweler. (Advertisement.) It
M. B. Gore was a business visitor
in the city the latter part of the
week.
Albert Sidney Johnson of Dallas
spent several days here the end of
the week as the guest of Ralph L.
Buell.
Lynch Davidson Defines
Attitude Toward Farm and
Labor: Attacks Socialism
Dallas, Texas, May 6. — Attacked! minority ,to rule and thwart the will
not only in the farm labor meeting at of the majority.” .
Port Arthur for his stand against [ Mr. Davidson named their propo-
Dr. and Mrs. McReynolds of Dal- what he termed the socialistic prin- ] Sal to eliminate the state’s 35 cent
las arrived in the city the last of ciples injected in the labor platform acj valorem tax limit and “give the
the week for several days’ visit. ; by the farm labor political conference | legislature a sky limit on taxation;”
- j at Dallas but by his opponents from plunge Texas into the insurance bus-
We will place yo'ur order for almost every conceivable angle,' mess and add 5000 employees to the
flowers for Mothers’ Day or for grad- i Lynch Davidson, candidate for gov-1 state’s payrooll; create a policy of
natio. Hadden’s Pharmacy. (Adver- j ernor, today stated with reference to credit-lending by Texas for the erec
tisement.) It his stand for the farmers and labor-
ers of Texas:
“With the conservative farmer and
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What is better than a good watch
for the boy graduate. See our line.
Ben Golden, Jeweler. (Advertise-
ment.) It
tion of rural and urban homes that
would necessitate billions; and re-
move taxation from improved city
laborer of this state I am in deepest j property and spread it upon the un-
developed lands of Texas, a policy
which would with certainty plunge
the government into an escheating
sympathy,” he said. “I speak their
laguage and I understand them and
am earnestly considering their needs.
Buddy and Mary Ruth Bennett j the years 0f minority were spent
have about recovered from their ill-
Jack Wray of Houston spent sev-
eral days here on business the early
paid; of the week.
Herf Monroe was
Brownsville Saturday.
here
Dave O’Brien of Brownsville was
here the first of the week.
in toil and a considerable of the
years of my majority and if when I
am governor—and I will be governor
—I ever have the temptation to vio-
late the Democratic principle of spec-
ial privilege to none and equal op-
portunity to all it will be in favor of
from the farmer and laboring classes.
“But I wish to warn,” he continued,
“that the principles injected by the
j Farm-Labor Political Conference at
process by which “we would event-
ually have nothing but dirt in the
state treasury when it takes money
to run this government.” He named
this as nothing short of Leninism.
“Do you blame me,” he concluded,
“for making this distinction and say-
ing that it is not I—Lynch Davidson
who seeks to burden the state with
such a program? I had just as soon
be caged with a wildcat and expect
The sweet girl graduate will be de-
lighted with a bouquet of cut flowers
on graduation night. Hadden’s
Pharmacy. (Advertisement.) It
to get out unscratched as to turn the
i Dallas no more repiesents the home- j g^a^e iegisiature loose on Texas
loving and home-owning fai mei s and | pr0perty without an ad valorem tax
laborers of Texas than I do the
planet of Mars on earth. I see in it
the attempt of the Non-Partisan
League of North Dakota to poke its
head into Texas government and to
mislead even the leaders of the Farm
Labor Union. Its platform smacks of
the very essence of the political or-
ganization which wrecked North Da-
■ 1 kota, and elected Jack Walton Gov-
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McCall moved to ernor 0f Oklahoma and I will fight
Me Allen the latter part of the week to the last ditch to keep its strangle
| hold off Texas. When sent the ques-
I tionnaiare from the Conference at
Harry L. Sexton, .secretary-man-
ager of the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley Inc., was in Merceds Monday.
where they will make their home.
We go anywhere. Local and long j Dallas, I immediately recognized its
distance hauling. Drysdale. 12-tf j hidden virus and threw it into the
- i waste basket. Later charged with
M. Albough who has been spending , contemptuousness, toward this politi-
the past several months in Kansas cal clique, I then and there made my
City arrived in the city the last of j answer and made it for all time to
the week. i come—Lynch Davidson is the candi-
_ ! date of no group or -faction in his
H. B. Galbraith, attorney from ^ race for Governor; but is a candi-
An eight and one-half pound son ’ Brownsville was in Mercedes Satur- date of all the people of Texas; of
Mrs. Rita Ferguson has been ill
with a severe cold for several days
but is improving.
was bora to Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Bow- j cjay evening on business,
ler Tuesday night.
Remeniber Mother *with flowers
on Mothers’ Day, Sunday, May 11.
Hadden’s Pharmacy. (Advertise-
ment.) It
J. W. Blankeship, father of C. E,
Blankenship, who has been spending
the winter here, left Tuesday for his
home in Hadley, Texas.
G. K. Wattson is again out after
.a severe case of bronchitis.
We go anywhere. Local and long
distance hauling. Drysdale. 12-tf
Mrs. A. W. Snyder, sister of Mrs.
Jno. Herndon, who will accompany
the Shriners to the Valley from
Houston, will spend the week the
.Shriners are in the Valley visiting at
the home of her sister. Mrs. Snyder’s
husband is director of the Shrine
band..
the self-thinking democrats who act
according to democratic principles
WE buy, sell and trade furniture, vote the dictates of their con-
limit.”
“I come to the farmers and labor-
ers of Texas warning them of their
danger and I know that my stand will
be vindicated.”
A block of coal nine feet high and
four feet square was shipped from
near Elghart, Moryland, to Milan,
Italy, where it is to be put on display
at an industrial exposition.
"C1 OLKS who don’t own a car may not have any-
thing to- worry about except the fact that they
don’t own a car. You’ll cut your auto worries
down to a minimum by seeking our auto-advice.
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’ . i j sciences for the good of their state
army goods, new and ^cond hand s
. . . as a whole, and not according to the
shoes, narness and sadules. Sample ] °
and Salvage Store. (Advertisement.)
dictates of the heads of any orga-
nization, representing any organized
Harold Hooerv, federal inspector
of carlot shipments, accompanied by
John Ebert, left Sunday for Louis-
iana where they will carry on the in-
spection of .shipments there during
the month of May. Mrs. Hoover and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Hoover plan to join the others within
the next two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Byrnes, who have
been in Mercedes and Weslaco dur-
ing the winter truck season, left Sun-
day for her home in Brooklyn.
Max Hessel is in San Antonio on a
■business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Lenton Acker are
now located in the Schwartz apart-
ments.
Use Four-Dees for ease. The best
shock absorbers ever made for a
Ford car. (Advertisement.) 4tf
E. R. King, cleric at the Mercedes
Hotel is spending his vacation in San
Antonio.
George Breeding spent the week-
end with his family in McAllen.
Use Four-Dees for Ford Trucks.
We guarantee against any spring
breaking. Write W. Y. Dawson, San
Benito. (Advertisement.) 4tf.
P.T.A. and Council of |
Women Elect Officers;
At the last regular meeting of the !
school year of the Mercedes Parent- j
Teacher Association last Thursday af- |
temoon at the Harriet Claycomb ,
grammar school, Mrs. H. E. Hager j
was elected president of the organi-
zation for the coming year. Other
officers chosen included Mr.s. H. T.
Stotler, first vice-president; Mrs. J. J.
Murray, second vice-president; Mrs.
N. P. Barton, third vice-president
and Mrs. Alan Hvistendahl, secretary-
treasurer.
Prior to the meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association, the Council of
Women met in called session and
elected Mrs. H. E. Bennett, president
and Mrs. C. H. Hupp, secretary to
fill the unexpired terms caused by
resignations. <!
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Miss Avis Slaughter spent
week end with friends in Pharr.
the
Miss Lovett went to Harlingen Fri-
day night to visit her parents over
Sunday.
Miss Bess Holdner has gone to St.
Louis for three months where she
will visit her mother. While in St.
Louis Miss Holdner will purchase
the line of fall hats for the French
Shop with which she is connected,
and spend several weeks studying the
different styles for the coming sea-
son.
A pretty belt buckle makes him
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1924, newspaper, May 7, 1924; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003486/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.