The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 147, Ed. 1 Monday, November 25, 1929 Page: 8 of 8
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Arkansas Girl Tells Story of Attack and Killing
FIVE HELD FOR 1
OUS CRIME
Arkansas Quintet Accused
Of Killing Youth and
Assaulting Girl
MOUNTAIN VIEW Ark. Nov. 25
—UP—Accused of torturing and
burning alive a youth and attacking
his 16-year-old fiancee as they were
on their way to be married five men:
were held in widely scattered Jails
today for crimes which authorities
said were committed eight months
ago. ?
Charges arising from the killing I
of Connie Franklin. 20 a fa-~i hand
in the St. James community' 14
miles east of here lact March 10.:
came to light yesterday with the ar-
rest of the men who previou. had
t. :n indicted.
-hose taken into custody \.cre:
K nan Green way 23 Alex Fulks.1
20. Dill C. Younr s.*. 24. Hubert Hes- j
ter. 23 and Joe White 2J.
Ureenway. *rho is married and;
Ft ter are charged with a .tacking
th. girl.
Prosecuting Atta.-iey Hugh Wil-‘
liamson sa.d threats against the life
of the girl and a deaf boy said to
have witnessed the slaying to pre-
vent them tr im testifying caurd the
grand Jury much dhficul.y m its
investigation.
The girl told Williamson she an-
Franklin were on iheir way to a i
j-slice of the peace to be married
when they were seized by five men.!
who beat and tortured Franklin un-
til he fainted. The men evidently
thinking the youth dead built a fire
of logs and placed tire b dy on it.
Falling to destroy the body entirely
they picked up the remains in a
sack and started toward the nearby
White river.
Williamson said some of the men.!
who had been drinking had tried to
“kid" Franklin into marrying the
girl for several days prior to the |
slaying: the man were to hold a
“mock” marriage with a fake license
and later “have some fun."
Herald Carriers To
Be Carnival Guests
Brownsville Herald carriers of
Brownsville will be guests of the
John Prancis carnival show’s at the
Valley Mid-Winter fair Saturdav.
Nov. 30. The boys will enjoy all
rides and attractions offered by the
show*. and will be entertained bv
Bllljr Streetet. special agent who has
entertained a million children in
his show career.
Take Care of
Your Kidneys!
One should not nettled
kidney and bladder
irregularities.
TOO many people sacrifice health
by failing to heed the early
danger signals of kidney disorders.
Even minor irregularities should be
dealt with promptly.
A drowsy listless feeling: lame-
ness and stiffness; constant back-
ache and bladder irregularities are
often timely warnings. Don’t
Deflect them.
To promote normal kidney action
and assist your kidneys in cleansing
your blood of poisonous wastes use
Doans Pills. Recommended the
world over.
50000 Users Endorse Doan’s:
Benjamin Faurhar 202 Silver St..
Manchester N. H. says: "For a time I
couldn't do any work for when i bent over
trty bock would ache. My kidneys acted
very irregularly and I felt all out of sorts.
I After using Doan’s Pills I frit hoe again."
SOCIETY GIRLS WORRIED OVER LOSS OF RICH SCIONS
Nt .iy girls are alam tant *•. f . - .
the leu a»c the William W. Willoc. the A ' helf? *° "II|#.M* 0n
it’s all bosh about parents disowning *. c'd SrorfcSL v ' ‘ T** bUdS point 0Ut>
™ . J fn ^ «* Wi"«k « Lakewood N. J. where o„„
ur; w-M Mi lC“in J f H ?* C'Jer Willow true are at another of their mansions. «.
hosnitrl : J* »I- L°pku^'.Jr* falinS »n love at first sight with his mother’s nurse at a New Yort
hosp.bj a..d weduing her brings her to live in the same hotel where his parents dwell. And all s'!
to be well—except among the wealthy debutantes.
CAPITOL
Nancy Carroll In “Sweetie”
Paramount singing talking and
dancing picture current attrac-
tion at the Capitol theatre.
M.-K.-T. Right To
Oklaohma Line Won
WASHINGTON Nov. 25—<AV*
Right to acquire control of the
Beaver Meade and Englewood rail-
road a short line operating from
Beaver to Hough in Oklahoma to-
day was awarded to the Missouri-
Kansas-Texas railroad by the In-
terstate Commerce Commission.
Application of the Rock Island
system for authority to make the
same acquisition was denied. Under
evidence presente*’ the commis-
sion said the Rock Island proposed
to buy the line for $1301966. and
the Missouri-Kansas-Texas offered
the same sum.
las r times today
*
i
HYSTERICAL
Starts Tomorrow—
ANNIE NICHOL'R
“JUST MARRIED”
i ut oucuoor Laiking classic!
ieorgeous Lackground! Spec-
acular action
—AN ALL TALKING—
“COVERED WAGON”
Paramount Presents
“The
VIRGINIAN”
With
"JARY COOPER — MARY BRIAN
VALTER llCSTON — RICHARD ARLEN
STARTING THURSDAY
THANKSGIVING DAY
AT YOUR
Brownsville
pcnlng Wednesday Night with a
ilDNIGHT MATINEE
I
FLANS TO CROSS CHANNEL ON FOOT
J. (Happy) Hazzard of Canton 0. Is so fond of hiking he plans to
walk across the English channel in June. Happy doesn’t expect the
waves to part and let him cross on the channel bottom so he has
constructed a pair of "water shoes" which he guarantees will enablt
him to tread on the waves. He says he has had many strolls on tht i
streams surrounding Canton and also adds that the shoes should
prove invaluable aids to fishermen who wish "to sneak up on fish.’
22000 Members Aim
Of Teachers’ Body
DALLAS Tex. Nov. 26—(.**)—Rush
M. Caldwell president of the Texas
State Teachers Association hopes
to report a membership of 22000
to the state body at its annual con-
vention here during the Thanks-
giving holidays.
Some 800 members have been
Jded during his term in office
.; said and an intensive campaign
planned to gain more m .nbers.
mberships now exceeds 17.0i 1.
Negotiations for the headquarters
ilding of the association are com-
ete Caldwell reported and an
.nnouncement is expected next
/eek. The headquarters are to be
in Port Worth.
ARCADIA
Harold Lloyd is the comedy star
in "Welcome Danger." all-talking
attraction at the Arcadia theatre
in Harlingen.
Sour Stomachs
MadeSweet
Antiseptic Remedy Corrects
Fermented Condition
If you cannot eat what you like
if you have to avoid certain foods
because they disagree with you.]
your trouble is no doubt due to fer-
mentation (souring of food>—a con-1
dition that can be quickly corrected
if proper methods are used.
The use of soda magnesia dys-
pepsia tablets laxatives and com-
mon patent medicines require con-
tinual dosing and at best can fur-
nish only temporary relief.
GORDON’S a stomach and bow-
| el antiseptic gives lasting benefit.
! It stops fermentation promptly
sweetens the stomach drives out the
acids and poisons soothes and heals
the membrane lining. The very
first dose will relieve sour stomach. ]
indigestion gas bloating heart-1
burn dissolve the excess add.
If you have stdmach t rouble now. i
or when food disagrees don't take
chances with temporary measures.
Get GORDON'S from druggist at
once. It costs no more than ordi-
nary remedies—a large 8-ounce bot-
tle for $1.50—less than three cents
a dose.—Adv.
Pertussin
For Coughs
FAIR GROUND
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making the trip from Palestine to
assist in the celebration.
A special feature of the Satur-
day program will be a public wed-
ding at the auditorium. This will
be an added feature to the Ernie
Young revue and the contracting
parties are prominent Valley young
people.
The Winter Garden Pollies Er-
nie Young’s revue brought direct
from a long run In Chicago as the
daily auditorium attraction of the
fair will be presented every after-
noon and night except Tuesday
during the exposition. A complete
change of program will be made for
the two Sunday performances. .
The rodeo which will include
outstanding talent will be staged
before the grand stand on Wednes-
day Thursday. Friday and Sunday.
Races Open Wednesday
The races will be presented the
first time on Wednesday and at-
tractive cards have been arranged
for Thursday Friday and Sunday j
Liberal prize purses have attracted
some of the best horses ever enter-
ed In a meet in the south accord-
ing to fair officials.
A Boy Scout circus which will
present more then 1000 Valley boys
will be the attraction In front of
the grand stand on Saturday after-
noon.
From the opening to the close of
the last day there will be a wide
variety of entertainment and the
exhibits will be the most elaborate
ever assembled at a Valley exposi-
tion. The Citrus show is expected
to prove a valuable advertisement
of the possibilities of the Valley.
I MARKETS
I ■ ■ - - -
STOCKS IRREGULAR
NEW YORK Nov. 36—</P)—Stock
prices moved irregularly lower at
the opening of today’s market.
American Can dropped 2 hi points
on the first sale. Union Carbide 2
l*. and Atchison. Radio and Inter-
national Nickel lost a point or so.
General Motors opened with a block
of 10.000 share at 43 off % and U.
S. Steel common dropped 1 hi Read-
ing opened a point‘higher.
General Electric quickly fell back
8U points U. S. Industrial Alco-
hol 6?i and Auburn Auto American
Can. and Otis Elevator 4 each.
Early declines of 2 to 3 Vi points
were registered by U. S. Steel com-
mon. North American Co.. Air Re-
duction and International Tele-
phone. Losses of a point or so
were quite common.
There were a few exceptions. J.
I. Case ran up 7% points. American
Tobacco B lli and Norfolk & West-
ern 1.
Foreign exchanges ooened steady
with cables unchanged at $4.87.
NEW YO'tK COTTON
NEW YORK. Nov. 25—/JP>—
Cotton opened steady at an advance
of 11 to 13 points today in response
to relatively steady cables and cov
VALLEY BUSINESS CONDITIONS GOOD
[aoooj
number of >abik*&<?X CtaSlbSof Com wrtjtfrtl Uri todS^
ering by shorts. First December I
notices amounted to about 85000
bales but there appeared to be good!
demand for December which natur- I
ally helped the tone of the general
list.
Prices sagged off a few points
when New Orleans was relatively
easy and sent some selling orders
here but the offerings were well
enough taken to maintain a steady
undertone. Active months w'ere 8
to 10 points net higher at the end
of the first lialf hour.
N. O. COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 25—m—
The cotton market opened rather
Irregular although cables were bet-
ter than due. December notices is-
sued here totalled nearly 18.000
bales while New York advices
claimed 85.000 on notices. Decem-
ber here opened 2 points down but
as New York advanced on the re-
port of prompt stoppage of notices
months later opened 5 to 10 points
up. Prices rallied on belief the not-
ices would be stopped and Dec-
ember advanced to 17.42.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Nov. 25—<&—Influ-
enced by Argentine reports that cold
weather was holding black rust In
check wheat underwent decided
setbacks in price here today.
Opening \c off to He up. wheat
later showed material breaks all
around. Com. oats and provisions
were likewise weaker with com
starting at % to ~*c lower and sub-
sequently continuing downward.
BI TTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO. Nov. 28—(/PI—(U. S.
D. A.)— Butter steady; creamery
McAllen
NOW SHOWING
:znt!c lore *la <
.1 a~a.'nst daring a
—~?cvrtx
HURRY
ONLY TWO DAYS
MORE TO SEE THIS
WONDER PICTURE
(JkeJint f
ALL TALKING /
Drama jtofr.
I
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f JMI£ HOLT
J LI LA LIE
JJ RALPH WML
—HiiUbO—
Screen Song “Dixie” and Para sound News
The Valley's Perfect
Talking Picture Theatre
Hurry! Only two more
daVa l*ft to sco tha
GREATEST ALL
TALKING CLASSIC!
VIRGlNIAir
cawcoopek
WALTER HUSTON
RICHARD ARLEN
MARY BRIAN
(LQwmsBU-Qicuad
Also
All'Talkinf Comedy
Movietone News
Yltaphone Vend. Act
Aesop's Sound Fables
'or the first time on the talking
’reenl All the living breathing
rama comedy romance—ail the
biood-tingling thrills of the fa-
mous novel and play.
Here these beloved characters
come to life. With handsome
Gary Cooper as “The Virginian’*
....Huston as Trampas_Arlen
as Steve....Mary Brian as the
School M’am. It is a masterpiece
of the NEW SHOW WORLD.
extras 42; standards 40; extra firsts
40 to 41; firsts 37 to 381-2; seconds
36 to 36.
Eggs steady; extra first. 51 to
53; graded firsts 48 to 49; current
firsts 42 to 45; ordinary firsts 38
to 40; refrigerator extras 37 to
371-2; refrigerator firsts 261-2.
STUDENTS THROW BOMBS
LONDON—Medical students mob-
bed an anti-vivtsection meeting here
and threw stink-bombs at the speak-
ers.
SURVEYING GREENLAND
RELKJAVIK Iceland—An English
exploring party is making a geologi-
cal survey of Greenland.
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ACIDTVE never fail* to relieve safe-
ly surely and swiftly—INDIGES-
TION. A CI DOS IS C A SSI N ESS
SOUR STOMACH. SICK HEAD-
ACHE. Ad I) STOMACH.CHRON-
IC CONSTIPATION. HEAD
COLDS AND ACID RHEUMA-
TISM- It alkalizes balances excess
add keeps the whole digestive sys-
tem sweet and dean.
ACIDINE la the only perfect mod-
ern anti-add which la combined with
Japtase. a powerful starch dtgastaat.
Soothing to the stomach and Intes-
tinal membranes. Money back guar-
antee. At all druggists or writa
Health Laboratories Inc. Pitta-
burgh Pa.
Girl* and Music!
Songs and
Fun!
The Musical
I.augh
Mat
The New Show World’*
Singing Dancing
Laughing Revel
Paramount Present*
“SWEETIE”
with
NANCY CARROLL
JACK OAKIE
HELEN KANE
—IT’S A WOW—
Hear the song hits
Love with Nancy Carrol
It's a Whoopie Special
ALL-TALKING
BROWNSVILLE
NOW SHOWING
Added Talkies
All-Talk Comedy
Parasound News
Harlingen
NOW SHOWING
HAROLD LLOYD
The King of Comedy Speaks'
—ALSO— I
FOX
MOVIETONE
NEWS
I
Harold Lloyd first of fun-
makers sultan of screen and
scream speaks at last in his
first all-talking all-laugh-
ing all-thrilling production.
“WELCOME DANGER”
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