The Brownsville Evening Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 23, 1924 Page: 2 of 4
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Eatahliahed July 4 1892
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Saturday. \mj. 23. 1()24.
ic.iisfNi; rum* kstimatks.
The mtt'in crop has nut I.. made
but it seems likely ili.it enough of
staple will he produced this year to oh*
Viafe the necessity of mill eurtailment.
It is probably that eonsumption will
he larger because of the probability of
a huger deniaiMl from abroad and also
because likelihood that busim s*. con-
ditions -|| home will lie better.
Nevertheless. a crop of 12.000.004).
with a t arry over of 2 hales
means a total supply of I and
■f is IHore likely to he 110041.000 or
more judging from present prospects.
I’onsnmption of 12.4aat.iato or even 1 -
ihMmnmi hales therefore will not bring
nhoni famine conditions.
It seemed for a time la-t fall that
we liughf see the total wiping out of
the earn-over. I’onsnmption up to the
first of the year was at the rat** of more
than 12.<artt.iaa» for the year. It may
hnV/ been* rt-hr of dwindling supplies that
first moved the mills to itirtail. though
more likely the refusal of buyers of rot-
ton g.Is to follow the market srffward
bad most to do with it. I In t at any
rate curtailment came with tlie-new year
ren«hine its heighth in June or July and
the year pHsseil out with consumption
1 more ti..i11 a on hales iind<r
«>f the previous season.
There is nothing as yet to indicate
any marked disposition of the public to
bny finished goods. Tlie markets have
little spurts of activity hut •pinklv sub
side again though it -coots certain that
there is no surplus and that on the
other hand shelves are pretty hare of
good*-.
Now. it was the disposition to raise
crop estimates and the continued slack -
ne»s of goods trade that led to the re-
cent sharp decline in the raw cotton
markets and unless there is serious crop I
deterioration in the near future and a
better demand for the finish'd article
develops cotton has seen if- highest
)>riees for some time to come. |t i- Hie
old law of supply and demand working !
inexorably.
flood prices have prevail'd since the j
Delta movement began and prices are
still attractive. If no severe break
comes within the next few we* ks the
Delta will-have had a most successful
season.
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Hll.YKR lM»!.l..\n COMINC RACK’!
Remember tin days when ymi u*ed :
to jingle silver dollars tnJu'lp r in
your jeans.
iVrliap- you will he doing that again.
The reason?
t’nele Sum find< that tlie w. ir and'
tear on paper hills j- about three per |
cent «»f the cost of cnrrtney and so lie's j
talking about putting into circulation the
silver coins tint for twenty year' have
heeu rolling into the theasury to be re-
plaeed by f nrrency.
The first step was taken a f<w days
ago when a silver dollar was 'lipped in-
to the pay envelope of a certain s.”ih hi|
a year tre»»sury employe. It will prob-
ably be done to other department heads.
Washington says with the idea of get-
ting the coin in circulation once more.
The treasury department some !!•'
yntl ago deride.| to abandon the g**o-.
eral circulation <>f silver dollars for the
reason that shipping that bulky coin to
hanks over tin* country involved some-
tiling of a transportation problem.
Hut there is practically no wear and
tear to a silv*r dollar. It will circulate
for years without perceptible wear lo-
calise of its bulk it is not easily lost.
In some ways therefore it is prefer-
able to cur retry from the government's
standpoint. So it uiav come to pass that j
we will see the old silver dollar again
but .not imbedded in the floors of drink
emporium* as in the old days ot the
“Silver Hollar Saloon.*'
American Ad (’lubbers are taking to
the pipe in anticipation of the visit of
our English cousins to Houston nest
year.
If this kniekerbocker style persists.
someone is sure to discover a way to
straighten bow leg's.
Wonder what female candidal*** are
offering in the place of cigar*.
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HUNT’S DAILY
LETTER
B> HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer
WA8HI.Xt.TOX. Xow that the nomi-
nation.- *re over and the candidate* are
duly aware of their nominalious deni -
•M-i.itie managers have before them as
the lug task "f (he campaign the jolt of
finding some method to offset what may
l>e term'd the -• radio reaction" against
the democratic convention.
Foi although Oil the surface the major
animosities engendered during the It!
days* battle at New York have been al-
layed. ami tuc professional party poli-
tician- have fallen into line behind the
••party’- choice.** there is lot dodging the
fa«*t that the exhibition of inter-party
tin lion and diverg'm-e of views staged
at the convention made an adverse im-
pression on the rank and file of voters
th.11 will require all of Ita vis" .-kill and
diplomacy to eras**.
• • •
.No pa rah-1 exists for the presort situ-
ai ion.
I <>r the recent <oiiveniion* were the
lii ' at whi> h the rank and file of vut-
• is. the folks who cast the ballots but
do not attend the conventions ever sat
in as listener*.
The great radio audience numbering
millions did something besides merely
“listen in." It formed opinions and
drew conclusions.
Having beard and arriv'd at clearly
established views of its own it will be
more difficult tor the party’s campaign
spokesman to paint a convincing pic*
tut. of harmony and mil) and strength.
That this is a handicap more difficult
in overcome than the mere eharges and
atgunu-niu of rival party s|M»k<aiueu is
being foi cd home <>u the attention of
the democrat i • managers.
t >{ course it is a subject that isn't
spoken alm.it out loud. .Matters of
deepest concern often are held most
se. ret. Hut by the same token they
arc the ones that cause the most worry.
• • •
l»avi*. as the candidate of the Nov
York convention falls loir therefore to
the defections from the parly with the
convention bickerings hv the convention
radio fan lie. other in person or by
radio by broadcasting bis own luagtiv
t i- in and personality offset the damage
to bis campaign ilic radio had a comp*
lishcd even before nomination'!
If lie can aisonudisii that he will
have overcome wluil is perhaps the
greatest difficult) in the race.
• ■ •
Impiirics ipiictly made in non-political
holms in mail) sections of the country
have developed that III* views ami op-
inions gained by llo- ordinary folks who
listened in on the convention are very
b-ar and definitely fixed.
They are not regarded by their holders
is based on second hand inforniativn.
Kv-erv one of these listeners in thinks of
himself as having been present at the
! convent ion in person. If you try to t*ll
one of these that he has the wrong
dope his answer will be:
"You can't tell me! I beard the
whole thing myself and I know what
I'm talking about!"
Typical of answers revived to in-
quiries sent out by mail to sound the
extent of ilii* -radio reaction.” is the
following from a rural section of India-
na :
•• — — .a lifetime democrat
who heard the whole convention by ra-
dii*. is so disgusted with flo way tli•*)'
did . lie say - he will vote f•*r t'oolidge.
Ami he is not the only democrat from
tiroimd here who will vote for him.**
RESCURERS RUSH TO
OHIO MINE BLAZE
(By Tlvc Associated Proa*)
Col.I Mitt'S. Ohio Aug. ilT—Seven
state mine inspector* and two mine res-
•lie IrilCsks Were Ill*h'd to Itlaiue. Ohio
today hv the state division of mines upon
receipt of word that the Lincoln mine
had exjihoh'd and was burning furiously.
The mine. owned by the I .strain Coal
and I h** k Company of T'olunibu*. eiti-
I.|ov s about l!t>o men. First rc|K>rt* did
nut tltdi *s«t* whether any of the men
wire caught in the mine. Itl.iine is near
Hridg'vori. Ohio and nearly across the
riv* r of West Ylrvinia.
WHHFI.INC. \Y. Va.. Aug At.-One
hmi'li cd ami fifty miner* at work in the
I iueoln Mine of the Lorain Coal ami
Hoik company mine at Lansing. Ohio
tour miles w* st of here esruped harm
late yesterday when an electric trolley
wire in the mine fell short circuited on
a rail and set the mine afire.
iwSimr
! $&s
ttolf is very Useful. While tin boss
i» out wot king at it file hired hands get
a bit of rest.
The average man who says lie would
not do a tiling for a million dollars
would ilo anything.
The fish that the average fisherman
loses gilt's him something to Ii< about.
In clothes buying some women seem
satisfied witli the least they <an get for
their money.
t Ininns are vegetables people try to i
eat without breathing it to u soul—but
tit yer succeed.
You can never uuileraland women. One
had a man arrested for eruelty to a rat.
Some towns arc so lucky. In St. Louis
au insurance man is missing.
Parliament Members
Complain of Salary
<l<v The Associated Press.I
I.OMMIX. Aug. I5t. Members of the
Labor party who have been elected to
; Parliament find that the salary of
yearly is barely sufficient. In fact many
of them have to supplement their of-
ficial income by week-end speaking en-
gagements. lectures ami writing maga-
zine articles.
It is said by several members that
one of the most expensive items is that
of entertaining visitors from const it -
nem ies who call to see how their mem-
ber is getting on.” and incidentally to
have a look around and he entertained
on the famous terrace to tea or !un< b.
RIGA'S FAIR SHOWS GOLD
Itl<L\. Aug. Twenty-five coun-
tries. im hiding Soviet lttis«in. were rep-
resented at the fourth lauriau Inter-
national Agricultural ami Industrial Fair
held in Riga this summer. The Soviet
display consist'd chiefly of textiles
wood work ami specimens of minerals
and other articles frniu Russia's natural
resources. These included placer gold
front Siberia.
G.O.P. Bribes Farmer
Independent Solon Says
flic The Associated Press 1
SHATTI.K. Aug. 23.—American farm-
ers “like a myriad of working bees are
being fed sugared water” in the form
of increased wheat pricts to ketp them
from swarming to the candidacy of Sen-
ator Robert M. LaFollottc an audience
was told last nigh} by Senator Henrik
Shipstead. Minnesota in opening the
progressive party campaign here.
Senator Shipstead declared the repub-
lican party wits claiming credit for in-
creased wheat prices. '‘The party work-
ing with the latgcr hankers has the
power to inctease farm | rices and that
it the reason for the increases today"
he added.
GLACIERS NOW RECEDING.
R< H’lHNK. Aug. 2.'*. Scientific obser-
vation seem t*» *li<>\v fhnt the Swiss gla-
cier* are receding. The advance during
the last ten years lias come to a stop.
From It** observations taken la-t year.
.Vi glaciers were found to he receding
and only ‘Jo advancing whereas in Hi 1ft.
tl'i out of ltat were creeping forward.
The last period of retrogression was be.
tween the years 1 Hot I and lints. I>ul since
liMIS the greater part of the glaciers
appeared to lie going forward until last
year when the new period of withdrawal
set in.
Atlanta Birmingham to
Be La Follette Center
'i*. s*! ■ Associated Pre-si
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.— Advisabili-
ty of establishing a rout hern head-
quarters in either Atlanta Georgia or
Birmingham Alabama war one of the
subjects before nv-mberr of the com-
mittee directing the LaFollette-Wheeler
} campaign who gathered here today for
’ a conference.
While n decision had been reached to
establish a regional headquarters in the
South with a view* to condcgting a vig-
orous campaign in that section of the
country the campaign managers were
in doubt as to where the offices should
be located although it was generally
agreed they should be established either
in Birmingham or Atlanta.
WOMEN FAVOR SOLDIERS
l*KKW*KN Germany. Aug. 2-‘L— Me-
elaring that ***women jurors are entirely
too soft on military offenders ami there-
fore endangVr the discipline of the army"
the attorney general of Saxoiiv bus is-
-»• d a decree ihui no military offenders
-bail be brought before civil courts
with women jurors.
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OLD CHAPELS VARIED USES
RoTIIKRHAAI. Kngiaiiil. At«r:
I'sed in rnru as a town j.iil. imdiotnif
anti tohai-io shop during its UK) yeitrs
history the ehnpel on tlie old stone
bridge bi-re has Itn'U reconsecrated for
rligion* serrlce*. The build1 tig’ »a> nrig-
innlly a rbiiiiiery «Impel.
Bullet Proof Glass
Foils Bank Robbers
‘Hr The Associated Press t
KANSAS CITT. Aug. 2S.—Bu2!et pro f
glass pa titions today foiled two ban-
dits in their attow.pt to hold up the
Twin City Bank ddrd Street and State
line. When the bandits entered and
commanded the officials to hold p
their ‘-and* they refused. One of the
bandits fired. I>ut tlie bullet glanced
off the glass. Thiy fled. Th • bank
installed the ballet proof glars a year
ago foil* wing a holdup.
Whitney Loses Motion
In Big Damage Suit
(Hv "rfce As'ooisited Cress)
SAN FRANCISCO. Aup. 23.—Federal j
Judpe ohn Fartridpe yesterday denied
the motion of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney for adjournment in favor of
the defendant in the u.illk>n dollar
broach of promise suit of Kva Burrows i
Fontaine against Whitney.
Counsel for Wfc’tncy aip.ed that
Miss Fontaine was still the wife of j
Sterling Adair of New York when she
is aileffed to have promised W hitney to
Iccome his wif and that she therefor*
could mt promise to nrirry him.
The motion was denied on the pround
that it w.-s a matter for the jury to de-
cide.
The ca«e was set for trial Septtmber
3. ■* j
What the Presidents Did in Their Youth
John Quincy Adams the Sixth President
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John Quincy Adams Secretary to the I’eace Commissioners
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was
born in the rural home of
his distinguished father John
Adams in Quincy Mass. His
mother a woman of education and
exalted worth watched over his
childhood during the almost con-
stant absence of his father. Dur-
ing his first years Mrs. Adams her-
self taught her son the elements
of English. At an early age
young Adams gave indication of
the unusual talents and wisdom
which later made him the most
learned of our Presidents. Few
Presidents were blessed with such
noble parents. No other President
was so fortunate in his youth to
. have become associated with so
many distinguished men of his
own country and of foreign na- |
tions. When but eight years of
age. John Quincy Adams stood with
his mother upon an eminence lis-
tening to the booming of the great
battle on Bunker’s Hill and gaz-
ing upon the smoke and flame bil-
lowing up from the conflagration
of Charlestown. Often during the
siege of Boston he watched the 1
shells thrown day and night by the
combatants.
When he was eleven years old
he sailed with his father for Paris
where his father was to join Frank-
lin and I^ee as representatives of |
the new nation at the French <
Court. The boy spent a year and !
a half in association with these I
distino^’Khed men. They were <
Courtesy the Constitute
soon attracted by the boy’s unusual
intelligence. After two years in
America the father was again sent
abroad empowered to negotiate a
treaty of peace with England and
the son accompanied him as his
secretary. The father and ■ son
traveled from capital to capital in
the interest of the new nation
meeting the most eminent states-
men and scholars of the Continent.
When the Commissioners from the
United States met in Ear ope to
negotiate |>eaee with England
young Adams was chosen Secretary
and performed his duties so well
that he won the commendation of
the distinguished members of that
tody. With rare judgment after
the conclusion of his father’s work
abroad. Jofcn Quincy Adams pre-
ferred to return to America to com-
plete his education in an American
Hollege. He wished also to study
aw. that with an honorable pro-
fession. he might be able to obtain
in independent support. Soon after
lis admission to the practice of
law clients came in great num-
bers—a reward richly merited by
the purity of his character the
oftincss of his principles and his
ntense application to every study
vhich would aid him to act well
pis part in life. Washington was
greatly impressed with the talents
>f the young lawyer and appointed
pirn .Minister to the Netherlands
H*ing then only twenty-seven years
>f age.
'iiul Lfctguc of America*
What the World Is Doing
S .As Seen by Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Phone Permits Several to Listen
or Talk at Same Time
To save time in large office* and elimi-
nate the necessity for making repeated
•sail* on the telephone a small switch-
> j
board transmitter and receiver have
been rombmed into (Hie compact instru-
ment thut ran fie placed on top of a desk
«ir in any other convenient position.
With it the shaker can communicate
with a number of offices and receive re-
plies at the same time. It is designed
wpecially for executives and managers.
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Figuring Water Required
on a Farm
A certain quantity of water is required
as the daily output cf every- water-supply
system whether it is pumped by wind or
other jower and a storage tank must be
prov ided for hel ling the water until it is
used and for earing for the surplus. If a
windmill is used to pump the water a
*unk large enough to hold a three-dav
fu plv of water should be provided
in o-dor to fifruish water over a period
when there is little or no wind. If engine-
driven pumps are used the tanks need
only he large enough to hold a single
day's supply as the engine can bu op*
erutrd lit any lime regardless of weather
conditions.
The amount of water required for all
purposes iroin isolated water-supply
UattU. is. on the average as follows. For
ail household and toilet purposes allow 2a
gal. fur each member of the family ; allow
10 gal. for each horse 10 gal. for each cow
2 gal. for each hog. and 1 pal. for each
sheep. Applying the rule the minimum
allowance for a family of five persons for
household purposes only will l>e 12a gal-
lons. In order that ample pressure will l>e
obtained at all cocks the storage tank
should be elevated at least 10 ft. higher
than the highest tap and the higher the
tank the greater will ho the pressure.
• * •
Easy to Start an Avalanche
Avalanches have sometimes been
starti-d by trivial causes. The tinkle of
sleigh bells or even a whisper lias been
known to set them off in the Alps and
many lives ha\e been lost by a climber
shouting to his comj>aniorw. Several
years ago a caravan of sleighs was over-
w helmed by a sliding mass of snow and
ice supposedly started by the sound from
the lad las. 'Thick stone barriers have been
erected high on the mountain slopes to
protect travelers.
• • •
Tractor Guided Like Wheelbarrow
Takes Place of Switch Engine
Run by storage batteries a small elec-
tric truck for switching cars and towing
lighters on canals has proved successful
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in OrraAtiy. It in puitl 1 somiirhat lilip
a vlirdlitfruw with two long handles Iw-
tweeu which are the starting and control
levers The tractor has power tiuihuent
to cull or uuah seven small freight qua
Detachable Running-Board
Ice Box
A detachable running-board ice box r*.
the kind shown m the illustration hai
l>een found to be of gn at value on (amp)
ing trijw. It is made of heavy galvam/t/
iron has a compartment for the ice. upon
which fruit and soft-drink bottles can
^
■—o-
piled and another compartment fc
bread rakes and food tlmt must be kep
dry. Two liing--d rovers are fitted to tin !
top as indicated and a slat uniting \t
provided in the bottom to allow easy
drainage. Tl»e whole arrangement «
fastened to the running board by means
of four l>o!t.*t passing through two angle-
iron brackets which are riveted to the
ends of the box and through holes drilled
through the running board an! Irtish)d
with ferrules. The ferrules are turned
up out of brass stock and are thread- «t
with a fine-pitch thread so as to |ierm\
screwing them into the wood; these havj
a nirer appearance when the box is dc
tached than plain drilled hides. A drait
hole is drilled through the bottom of the
ice compartment and through the run-
ning board. A ^a-in. nut is soldered in
this hole and a screw plug fitted in. a
rtiblier washer being provided under th»
head
a * a
g' Iron and steel rust causes damage es'S-
n.a ted at S3 0U0.UUt.u0U w the United
States tnnunUy
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CALCIUM ARSENATE
IN STOCK
EAGLE PASS LUMBER COMPARE
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Fronting Court House
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JERGEN’S LOTION
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\\ omen like it to keep hands soft and white.
Men—d ry it after shaving.
PRICE 50c
Willman’s Pharmacy
Telephone 40
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order at once.
Two Messenger Roys—Complete Stock
JUST CALL 303
CISNEROS DRUG STORE
PHONE 303
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MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
■ Brownsville Texas
CAPITAL STOCK-
Paid in .$100000.00
From Earnings 100000.00 $200000.00
SURPLUS FUND (earned) .. 190000.00
RESPECTFULLY SOLICITS YOUR PATRONAGE
THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
Brownsville Texas
Capital $100000.00 Surplus S4U.OOO.SO
WE SOLICIT VOlrR ACCOUNT
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And be Happ}' Ever After
We arc making attractive prices on
: LOTS AND ACREAGE
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LIOMER L. FITCH
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