Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 83, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1912 Page: 2 of 6
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BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD
Brownsville Herald Publishing Co.
Mrs. Jesse Wheeler . Editor
Martin J. Slattery.Manager
Official Organ of Cameron County
Consolidated In 18U3 with the Daily
Cosmopolitan which was pub-
\ lished In Brownsville for 16 years.
(Terms of Subscription
l>ally—Published every morning
except 8unday by mall postpaid to
i any point In the United STates Mex-
I 4co or Cuba or delivered by carrier
to any part of the city West
^ Brownsville Texas or Matamoros
Mexico one year $6.00; six months
93.00; one month 50 cents.
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Entered at the Postofflce at Browns-
ville Texas as Second Class Mail
Matter.
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THURSDAY* OCTOBER 10. 1912.
PREACHER TURNED ACTOR.
The pres? reports bring tlie story of
a New York clergyman who has quit
his pulpit and taken to the stage.
He declares he can save more souls
as an actor than as a preacher.
If an expert In things religious
were abroad in the land under ?omc
I high commission with plenary pow-
£“r to weed out of the ranks of the
clergy the ppople who should never
have been there he most surely
would have begun with this particu-
lar minister years ago.
To be an actor is not necessarily
to be a sin1 beyond hope of pardon
for therq * ive been many good men
and women in the ranks of that pro-
fession. To leave the pulpit and;
take to the stage is not necessarily
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wrong. No man should remain i” I
the ministry whose heart is nr’ in
his calling or who lack? the needful
spiritual and mental equipment for
that work. If such a man should
find himself fitted for the work of
the actor let him go to the stage and
let the Master appraise his conduct
and his motives. But let him be
hone«t about i*t. and above all let him
put forward no fooli'h excuse for the
•thing he does.
When ft comes to a ouestion of
saving souls what ailed this c lergy-j
man that he did not know that th*'
processes by which souls are raved
wmre fixed ages and ages ago hv
t
authority higher than ‘hat of any
clergyman however gifted'’ When a
man is not willing to work in har-
mony with the divine program he
does well to leave the ranks of the
clergy. If he he a clergyman. lie
does well to seek come other calling
The pul pit is no place for a man who
does not know that the stage is no-
where recognized in anv great re-
ligious body or in the Bible itself
ns the power of God or even a power
of God unto salvation.
The courts are not always hull
moose. In Ohio the so-railed progres-
sives failed to get their electors
placed on the republican ticket.
Ti>e ste'e lire marshal declares
that Texas would make money from
the insurance standpoint by abol-
ishing the stove fine and substitut-
ing the brick chimney built from
<the ground up. The lire marshal is
undoubti'dlv right.
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Mould it not be well enough for
the presidential candidates to 'akei
a rest until the really important
event of the world’s base hall cham-
pionship is settled? With the Giants
and Red Sox tieing in the eleventh
six to six it i- no use for any one
else to try to get in the middle of the
stage.
The communication of Mr. Steel*'
in today's Herald is both interesting
and timely. Brownsville needs a
library reading room. It should also
have parks and ref places. The
problem of supplying these things
are problem* which must he faced
•ooner or later—the sooner the bet-
ter.
—
The chain is being forged link
by link it now transpires that
there was a witness at the other end
of the phot line. .Mr. Peabody
president of the Mu ual Life Insur-
ance company was In Mr. Harri-
man’8 office on the day that Mr. Har-
riman called up Twomhlev and told
that gentleman about the Colonel's
anxiety to have him (Harriman!
raise $240000. Mr. Peabody also
said that llarriman said part of the
money was for use in New York and
part for the rest of the country.
Still let us not forget that there i - j
only one truthful man In the United
States—when it comes to an issue of.
ANOTHER TRUTH INVERSION.
It now appear* that Wayne Mc-
Veigh was one day in the office of
Mr. Twombley then representing
•the Vanderbilt railroad interests—
which have been represented as be-
ing more or less predatory. Whiln
McVeigh was there Twombley was
called to the telenhone. When he
got through with his conversation
over the phone he told McVeigh he
had ju-t been talking wi‘h Harri-
man who had just been talking with
Roosevelt who was most anxious
thaf a fund of $210000 should be
raised. Twombley said to McVeigh
that Harriman had just said to him
tha‘ he (Harriman) had just pledged
the money.
Under the circumstance* this
would look bad for the Colonel if
there were any one living or dead
whose word was as reliable as the
Colonel’s word.
Ay de mi! The preachers have
caught the steam roller habit now
An account of the mee'ing in which
the preachers of Houston adopted a
“majority report" on Sunday after-
noon concerts prove that when it
comes to practical poli'ics the par-
sons have little to learn from the
politicians.
The war between the Balkan
states and Turkey promises to be n
stubborn affair. In ‘erritorv and
and population the state* will out-
class European Turkey—which is
really not even the greater part of
'the empire. It remains to be seen
whether he states can effect among
themselves that concert of action
which will be necessary to success.
If they can it may go hard with the
Porte.
There are a few grouchy people
over in Italy who are not glad that
peace has boon made with Turkey.
The mothers of the soldier lad* are
not among those grouchy people.
By all means develop pota’o grow-
ing in the Ix>wer Valley. There
should be a pretty good home market
in the Valley towns for some of that
product.
Three marines were killed by a
mob in the streets of Leon Nicar-
agua.. It may or may not be some
consolation to know that the bluo-
lock-v* killed fifty f their assailants
In the same scrap.
It is some comfort to know that
Me-srs. McNamara and McMnnigal
got “pinched” in time to prevent
thoir projected dynamiting expedi-
tion into the canal belt.
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The reason why Mr. Crane eon-
’ributed to the preconvention cam-
paigns of Wilson and La Follette as
explained by him is that both were
progressives. But in that case wha*t
was the Colonel—in Mr. Crane's
opinion.
It would not be easy to imagine
'lie feelings of the benevolent Mr
Or ie McManigal on that day when
he entered a room in his home and
found liis little girl playing with
the dynamite he had left to dry on
the radiator. All things considered
it is hard to imagine a man like Mc-
Manigal as possessed ot any imagina-
tion whatever. But he might have
felt queer under the circumstance-.
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Brownsvilel ought to he the finest
and most attractive city in all :he
Gulf Coast country. A city of the
size of Brownsville ought to have a
public library and a reading room—
some place for the young men to go
instead of spending their time in the
pool rooms as many do.
I was in Monterrey in September
and while there I made a tour of the
city. On my rounds 1 saw not less
than six narks. 1 was much sur-
prised. I should judge there are not
less than ten parks in the city. The
only point of interest in Brownsville
is the boat landing to watch the sea-
faring vessel* passing from the Uni-
ted Stages to Mexico. Sometime* on
their return they don't have a very
desirable load though sometimes
some of the pasesngers are so loaded
that it takes two men *o help them
up -he gang plank (The customs
officers don't charge duty on mescal
carried that way.)
As I visit the Branch towns I find
nice li tie parks in most all of them
Now the Civic League Chamber of
Commerce and the city council ought
to go hand in hand for the betcr-
ment of the city.
There is no money that can be
spent in a city hat does as much for
the city as a nicely arranged park.
I do not say this in a spirit of
criticism but I am interested in the
city of Brownsvlle. I have come here
to Way. if you dont’ believe it. just
let the good women of the league get
up a subscription and see if I don’t
do my part.
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STRAW VOTES SHOW THE WIL-
SON SENTIMENT.
. New York Oct. 8.—Straw vote* do
inot elect Presidents. Perhaps 50 per
cent of the polls taken previous to
election are unreliable but political
'leaders in the 1912 campaign all
agree that there have never been so*
many straw polls taken as during the
past few weeks.
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It i« also remarkable that business
men of the highest calibre have en-
tered into the polling of their fellow-
voters in an effort to find the sen'
ment of the public.
Disregarding the value of the straw
vote it is remarkable that 99 per cent
'—and that is no exaggeration of fi-
gures—show an overwhelmingly sen-*
timent for governor Wilson. The
Cleveland Plain Dealer in an editor-
ial remarks:
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“Thoughtful men are sceptical of
straw votes and doubtful of the ac-
curacy of pre-election polls of what-
ever variety. Ordinarily they make
interesting reading and ire to be es-
teemed no further.
“As to one conclusion however
every poll so far announced is iden-
tical. All agree that Woodrow Wil-
son leads among the three nominees
for president; that were the election
to occur this week the governor of
New York would be the next occu-
pant of the White House.
“The New York Herald whose ac-
curacy and fairness in such matters
is acknowledged has just completed
a canvass of the eleven ordinarily de-
batable states. Without attempting
to say that the present situation fa-
voring Mr. Wilson will continue un-
til election day the Herald proves by
j detailed figure* that as sentiment ex-
ists today the governor is practically
|a universal favorite against the
field.
“Observation in all sections tend to
confirm the prediction whirh the He-
rald figures represent. The tendency
(toward Mr. Wilson is everywhere
manife*t. The country is evidently
preparing to name a Democratic Pres-
ident after sixteen years of Republi-
can rule."
The Detroit Free Press also dis-
closes the value of the straw vote and
claims that the Republican senti-
ment i* turning away from Roosevelt
to Taft. The metropolitan papers
withotit fail show that Wilson is lead-
ing in all sections of the country.
The papers in the smaller cities are
taking up the work of trying to feel
out the sentiment of the public.
Thp following are typical examples
of votes received at Democratic Na-
tional Headquarter? in one morning’s
mail:
! The University of Illinois at Cham-
Ipaign give the following results:
Wjlson .45
Roosevelt .28
Debs . 2
Chafin . 1
| Members of the Springfield Clear
ling House Association Springfield
! Mo. gave:
9 votes for WiPon.
6 votes for Taft.
.T M. Dresser a well known Rc-
j publican business man of New Or-
ileans took a straw vote on an llli-
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! nois Central train bound from Chi-
jeago to New Orleans with the follow-
ing result:
Wilson.86
Roosevelt .17
Taft . 9
Debs . 2
Doubtful . 2
In a cigar store in Portland Oregon
’ the following results were shown:
Wilson .69
Taft.13
Roosevelt .11
Roosevelt .11
Debs . 7
H. M. Smith Cashier of the Farm-
ers and Merchants Rank of Spring-
field. Mo. gives the following re-
sult of a rain vote in Missouri:
Wilson .46
Taft.14
Roosevelt . 5
! The Cincinnati Enquirer in a poll •
jof Indiana gives:
Wilson .2659
Taft .1143
Roosevelt ...2263
Debs . 950
A poll in Cincinnati gave the fol-
jlowing results:
Wilson .306 4
Taft .1484
Roosevelt .1357
Debs .1091
Charleston W. Va. gives:
Wilson.1413
Taft .414
Roosevelt. 956
Debs . 217
Lexington Ky. gives:
Wilson .33^4
Taft.1136
Roo*evelt. 2030
Debs . 183 _
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THAN A HERALD WANT AD? j
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WANTED
WANTED—One active woman in
each town to take orders for cus-
tom tailored corsets. Guaranteed
for one year. Permanent business.
Established 15 years. 575 to
$150 monthly. Samples on ap-
proval. Free advertising Write
quick for selling plant. National
Corsetieres. Dept. 120 Chicago 111.
SENTINEL PRINTING CO. Indian-
apolis Ind. Established 1822. The
well known manufacturers and
importers of Calendars and Leather
Advertising Specialties now mak-
ing contracts coming year. Sales-
men real ability and high moral
standing only considered. Strong-
est line. Most liberal house. Se-
cure your territory.
WANTED TO BUY—A small second
hand printing outfit. Mu't be
cheap and in good condition. Give
full particulars and price. Address
A. J. Box 4 Sam Fordyce Texas.
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AN OPPORTUNITY
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SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY—Build-
ing now occupied by Weller’s sa-
loon etc. will be vacated in the
near future. Enquire A. A. Tre-
vino Matamoros Mex. 9-17-lmo
WORTH $50.00 to $150.00 per
week. Can be increased indefinite-
ly. Have 4260 in supplies. It
takes traveling but no solicting. 1
want to quilt traveling and settle
down. Suitable for a man young
or old. $200 get it with United
States rights. Call 912 Adams
street after 6 p. ni. Strictly high
grade money maker.
ToonT
FOUND—J\cy ring containing sev-
eral different kind of keys. Own-
er can recover same by identifying
and paying foc.tllJb ad. Apply J.
A. R. Herald ollice. tf
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—Black mare rubber
tired buggy pnd harness. In good
condition; will sell cheap for cash
Phone 359. 10-1-tf
FOR SALE—One $110 Studcbaker
standard gauge rubber tired
buggy good as new at less than
half price. Phone 31. 9-2Hf
REAL ESTATE FDR SALE
OR SALE—A banco or portion of
land on the Amercian side of the
river 3 miles west of the city of
Brownsville; it is a historical
place where General Diaz crossed
the river to go into Mexico. Ap
ply to Juan Treanor 6th street
No. 56 Matamoros Tamaulipas
Mexico.
FOR SALE—7-room house 3 1-2
blocks from post office; modern
conveniences and other Improve-
ments; has flower garden and
trees. Will accept part cash and
balance in city lots. Address
Roman care Herald. 7-4-tf
'OR SALE—Chance to stop paying
rent. Buy homo la West Browns-
ville on easy terms 3 lots 6 rooms
and bath room 2 halls including
reception hall with all modern
conveniences. Small payment down
and balance as you would pay
rent. W. F. Montgomery Phone 322.
7-11-tf.
FDR RENT
rooms suitable for light house-
keeping. Privilege water and
telephone. Also one furnished
room. Address Cl7 Washington
street. Phone 383. 10-10-1
FURNISHED rooms with board with
private family. 1006 St. Charles
street. 10-8-2
FOR RENT—Half of first floor of
Herald building fronting 12th
street. Apply Herald upstairs.
FOR RENT—Large* furnished room.
Southeast side of building up-
stairs. Suitable for two persons
if desired. References a«ked and
given. Apply to Mrs. J. T. Craig
912 Adams street.
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For daily use in millions of kitchens has
proved that Calumet is highest not only in
quality but in leavening power as well—un-
failing in results—pure to the extreme—and
wonderfully economical in nse. Ask your
grocer. And try Calumet next bake day.
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
I You don’t save money when you bag I
cheap or big-car baking powder. Don’t |
be misled. Buy Calumet. 77'a more I
economical — more wholesome — gives I
best results. Calumet is far supertbnto I
sour milk <*nd soda. fl
CAMERON COUNTY
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
District Judge—W. B. Ilopkins.
District Attorney—>.hn I. Kleiber
District Clerk—Louis Kowalski.
County Judge—John Bartlett.
County Attorney—E. K. Goodrich.
County Clerk—Joseph Webb.
Sheriff—C. T. Ryan.
Tax Collector—Damaso Lerma.
Tax Assessor—George Champion.
County Treasurer—Edgar L. Hicks
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Governor Johnson says that the
Progressive cause is greater than any
Individual. How long will this bold
heresy go unrebuked?—Boston Tran-
script.
VICTO ia
HOTEL
CHICAGO
i Corner Clark & Van Buren Sts.
^ la the Loop.
250 Rooms.
$ 1.00 per day and up.
One-half block from LaSalle
street depot. Two blocks
'from Polk and Grand Central
depots.
Catering to out-of-town
trade. Come yourself and
send your families.
Write for map of Chicago.
Moderate priced cafe in con-
nection.'
ELMER C PUFFER
Managing Director
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?HE MODEL LAUNDRY.
We have recently installed in our Cleaning and rressing department a
“Hoffman Steam Pressing Machine.”
In pressing cloths with this machine live dry steam is brought. In di-
rect contact with the m; terial the garment is presaed uniformly set
and sterilized at one operation. Scorching is utterly Impossible.
This process is more sanitary than the old method and the work Is bet-
ter. Our operators are skillful and ou- prices are slights lowe • *ha" f~-
merly.
Coat and pants steamed and pressed 1.50.
Coat and pants cleaned and pressed $1.00
Skirts steamed and pressed $.50. up.
Other garments in proportion
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Street car line under construction to Country Club.
INVESTIGATE.
J. B. Scott Gen. Mgr.
Brownsville Texas
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Our plant is np to date. Dally capacity twenty thousand located
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Brownsville * Mexico tallroad.. Our facilities for loading from our
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Samples of brick will bs sent prepaid upon request.
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Gulf Coast Brick and Tile Compan
manufacturers of brick
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