The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 85, Ed. 2 Sunday, October 11, 1931 Page: 3 of 24
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.GOV. MURRAY!
► REOPENS BIG
Ql .WELL AREA
OKLAHOMA CITY Oct. 10. Up
—Oklahoma's flush oil areas dor-
mant under martial law since
August I sprang to renewed activ-
ity today.
At 7 o'clock approximately 2000
workers returned to their Jobs in
the Oklahoma City field turning
the valves through which will flow
6 per cent of the potential or about
225000 barrels dally.
Production Set
In the greater Seminole field 600
workers were affected. The area
will have an allowable of 150000
barrels dally and the Chandler and
Tatums fields will produce on their
old schedules.
Meanwhile. Gov. W. H. Murray
who closed the fields under martial
law in an effort to bring the price
of crude to $1 a barrel his cousin.
Cicero L Murray in charge of the
shutdown and Chrmn. Paul Walker
of the state corporation commis-
sion tackled the intricate task of
prorating production under a con-
tinuation of military rule.
Agreement Made
Oklahoma is allowed to produce
a maximum of 546000 barrels a day
under a tri-state agreement with
Kansas and Texas.
Gov. Murray who receded from
his stand for »1 oil. said he ex-
pected the price to strengthen
gradually and if the price falls. “I
can always shut down the wells
again."
He has not abandoned his scheme
for state-owned filling stations and
refineries but will hold the plan in
abeyance in case another shutdown
la ordered.
| Real Estate Transfer a"
(Prepared by Brownsville Title Co.)
Deeds Filed September 28th. 1931
rtf A. J. Boon by Sub. Tr. to Stan-
dard Savings & Loan Association.
/ARU of Lot 12 in Blk. 6 Nicholson
Place Addition Harlmgen Cd’n: $2-
600.00.
George A. Egan et al to Stanley
B. Crockett. Lot 1 George A. Egan
subd. of a portion of the E. 30
acres of Blk. 28. of the Stuart Place
Subd- of Survey 298 Cd’n: $10.00
etc.
W. A. Halliburton et al to S. J.
Rivers. AU of Farm Lot 13. Highway
Addition City of Harlingen Cd'n:
•10.00 etc.
Effie I. Sutton et al to C. H.
Wittenbach. Farm Blk. 12. Survey
43. S. H. Bell Subd.. Cd'n: $10.00. etc
Herman E. Shafer et al to Bernice
Prouty. Lot 6. in Blk. 156. out of
Santa Ana Development Co.’s Unit
No. 2. Cd'n: S1.0C etc.
Rollins R. Carpenter to Emma J
Carpenter. 1-2 Int. in and to all of
Blk. 324 and the S. 1-2 of Blk. 337.
San Benito Irrigation Co’s Subd.
Cd'n: $1.00. etc.
Real Estate Sales.
Monday. Sept. 29. 1930 .... $50942.34
Monday Sept. 28. 1931 ...$2533.00
36 Injured When
Trolley Hits Plow
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Oct. 10.—^—
Thlrty-aix persons were injured
today when a crowded trolley car
crashed into a snowplow and
caught fire.
The snowplow reconditioned for
use this winter was being taken
Co a bam.
Judge Dies
DALLAS. Oct. 10. ——Judge
Kenneth Foree. Sr. 72. magistrate
of the Fourteenth District court
died at a hospital here today. He
had been ill for over a year.
Foree was a native of Kentucky.
He came to Texas when a child and
lated attended Baylor University.
|"" ™Air Mail Schedules j
The schedule for the ms 11 between
Brownsville and Dallas Is announced
by the poetofflc# department as fol-
lows:
Southbound-
Leave Dallas ../. 7:43 a. m.
Leave Ft. Worth ..8:13 a. m.
Leave Waco . 9:20 a. m
Leave Austin .10:25 a. m.
Leave San Antonio .11:20 a. m.
Arrive Brownsville .2:05 p. m.
Northbound—
Leave Brownsville.. 1:25 p. m
Leave 8an Antonio .4:15 p. m.
Leave Austin . 5:10 p. m
s. Leave Waco .. 6:15 p. m.
WLttTe Ft. Worth ............ 7:15 p.m.
■arrive Dallas .7:35 p. m.
" The schedule for the American air
mall to Mexico City Is as follows:
Leave Brownsville . 8:45 a. m
Arrive Tampico .11:00 a. m.
Leave Tampico .11:30 a. m.
Arrive Mexico City .1:45 p. m.
Northbound-
Leave Mexico City .7:45 a. m
Arrive Tampico .10:00 a m.
Leave Tampico .10:25 a. m.
Arrive Brownsville .12:55 p. m.
Following Is the schedule on the
BrownsvU!e-MR7atian route:
Leave Brownsville . 8:30 a. m.
Leave Monterrey . 9:45 a. m.
Arrive Torreon .12:50 p. m
Leave Torreon ...1:50 p. m.
Leave Torreon ...1:00 p. m.
Arrive Durango .2:45 p. m.
Leave Durango .4:10 p. m.
Arrive Mazatlan .. 3:15 p. m.
Leave Torreon ..11:15 a- m
Leave Torreon .. 1:00 p. m.
Leave Durango .8:45 a. m.
onlo. 8:13 a. m.
Leave Mazatlan . 8:30 a. m.
Leave Durango .9.20 a. m.
Return trip:
8:13 urn. .
Arrive Monterrey ..3:10 p. m.
Leave Monterrey . 3:00 p. m.
Arrive Brownsville .3:00 p. m.
Following is the schedule for the
American Air Mall to Cristobal. Pana-
ma Canal Zone:
Leave Brownsville . 8:43 a. m.
(On Monday and Thursday.)
Arrive Cristobal . 3:30 p. m.
(On Wednesday and Saturday.)
Arrive Brownsville .12:35 p. m.
Return trip:
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Kentucky Mountaineers Still Wash
One Another s Feet as Christ Did
For His Disciples 2000 Years Ago
I- ... ... .. —
These pictures show the Kentucky hill folks observing the practice of washing one another's feet as
i Christ commanded 2000 years ago. Upper left a woman is shown washing another woman's feet; center
I above is O. Bennett Adams pastor of the Thornton Baptist church; right. Randall Day. a fanner is seen
j washing the feet of Kelley Fields former police judge of Whitesburg Ky.; center below is a view of the
I church.
MAYKING. Ky.—In this reck-
less age with its ever-increasing
crime organized gangs and easy
virtue many believe that the
goodness humility and brotherly
love that Christ taught are on the
wane.
But in tins tiny village in the
Kentucky hills there lives a group
of simple pious folk who still
cling to the belief that he is great-
er who serves well his neighbors
even to the humble task of wash-
ing another's feet.
Members of the Thornton Bap-
| tist church at Maykmg still obey
the letter of the command laia
down by Christ 2000 years ago
when he said: "If I then your
Lord and Master have washed
your feet ye also ought to wash
one another’s feet.”
• • •
When Christ called his disciples
to him for the Last Supper the
night before he was crucified the
Scripture says he took bread and
broke it and then some wine
from the eastern vineyards ex-
plaining that the bread represented
his broken body and the wine his
blood.
"This do in remembrance of
me.” he said and most religious
bodies still observe the command
of holy communion.
Christ also took a towel and
basin and washed his drcinles'
frit. Some of them objected* for
it was such a lowly service usu-
Fights For Life
NEWKIRK. Okia. Oct. 11. UP—
Earl Quit • ror.'rted for the mr-
der of Jessie Griffith slain with her
sister Zexia. last December 28. will
know Oct. 19 whether he is to ha\e
a new trial.
Judge John S Burger who heard
a motion yesterday for a new trial
announced he would take the
motion under advisement and issue
a ruling in ten days.
Injuries Fatal
CORPUS CHRISTI. Oct. 10. UP—
Mrs. Rita Shown died at a Victoria
hospital today from injuries received
in an automobile accident Wednes-
day nisht on the highway near Vic-
toria- She was the wife of James J.
Shown Corpus Christi detective.
Texan Sentenced
GALVESTON. Oct. 10— <P—Roy
Britton was convicted in district
court here today on a charge of
murder for the slaying of Joe
Meyer a county Jailg uard. He was
rentenced to 10 years in the peni-
tentiary.
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(Glenwood Hotel)
With a more complete
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ally performed by servants. Many i
churches today have oome to the
belief that he did this simply to
teach humility.
The-feet washing and common*
ion practice? started soon alter
the organization of the Thornton
church about 1800. The call goes
out several days before the ser-
vice. One woman in the congre-
gation is asked to prepare the
bread. A man obtains the wine
Another woman sometimes two.
bring the towels and soap and
basins.
r • •
The men line up on a side of the
church and the women on the
other. As the sermon starts the
congregation .c«ings ‘Brethren We
Are Met Again ’. W’omen wash
womens' feet and men perform the
service for men. It is a request
favor too. People are given the
piivilege of saying for whom they
will humble themselves and the
party for whom they do returns
the gesture.
Prayers and exhortations con-
tinue through the” ceremony.
Scriptural quotations too. “If any
man desire to be first the same
shall be last of all and servant ol
all.” "Simon Peter saith unto the
Lord not my feet only but also my
head and hands.’’ "So after he had
washed their feet and had taken
his garments and was set down
again he said unto them know ye
what I have done to you.”
• • •
This church regarded as the
most influential in the mountain
territory belongs to the order of
Regular Baptists sometimes called
‘Softshell Baptists’.
G. Bennett Adams present pas-
tor of the church grew up in the
feetwashing custom. His great
grandfather John Adams was
pas.tor of the church more than
90 years ago. After that his fa-
ther. Billie Adams occupied the
Thornton pulpit. Billie Adams was
shot from ambush at the begin-
ning of the Civil War and David
M. Maggard acted as pastor for
20 year? during which he stressed
the importance of the annual foot
washing.
TEXAS COTTON
CROP SET AT
154 AN ACRE
AUSTIN. Oct- 10. uPi—The aver-
age yield of cotton per acre in Texas
in 1931 will be 154 pounds as com-
pared with the five year average
of 132 pounds a report issued today
by Carl H. Robinson chief statisti-
cian for the U. S. department of
agriculture for Texas said.
Production in Texas was estimated
at 5.100000 bales. Robinson estimat.
ed the crop was 69 per cent of nor-
mal. The condition a year ago was 54
per cent of normal and the five year
average 52 per cent.
Conditions Reported.
The report showed the following
conditions by crop reporting dis-
tricts and the condition of the crop
at the same period last year:
Northwest. 67 per cent compared
to 50; north. 80 compared to 52;
northeast. 79 compared to 51; west
81 compared to 66; west central 73
compared to 37; central. 72 compar-
ed to 59; east. 73 compared to 58;
south. 59 compared to 80; southeast
80 compared to 71. The south dis-
trict was the only one to show a
decline in condition.
Production by district was listed
as follows:
Ginning*. Off.
Northwest. 605.000 bales; north
405.000 bales; northeast. 378.000
bales; west. 96.00 bales; west cen-
tral 163.00 bales; central. 1.023.000
bales; east. 294.00 bales; south 813-
000 bales; southeast 261000.
Prospects in the northwestern dis-
trict were reported as not as pood as
a month ago due to unfavorable
September weather conditions.
Ginnings for Texas prior to Oct.
1 were reported at 2.269.000 bales as
| compared with 2.584.682 *m 1930.
VALLEY BAPTIST
DISTRICT MEETS
Messengers from the 30 churches
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Baptist association will meet at Har-
lingen in the first Baptist churcn
Wednesday and Thurslay. This body
is composed of messengers from 30
churches whose total membershin
is 5668.
Dr. W W. Lee of Harlingen is
moderator with Rev. ^Charles Riddle
of Weslaco recording* secretary. Be-
sides the routine work of reports on
all lines of associational state south-
wide and world-wide work there will
be featured on the second day a
special district rally.
The district extends as far north
as Goliad then west and north as
far as George West. And south from
Goliad to the coast including wi’hm
its territory Corpus Christ! and the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
There are 86 churches in this
district w’ith a total membership of'
WITNESS
George Bowen «above) New
York reporter saw the mysterious
death ear which ran down Eddie
Harkncss youthful gambler. Just
before it disappeared. Bowen
takes an active part in solving
Harkness' murder and other
crimes in “Gems of Peril.” the
new mystery story Y~ Hazel Ross
Hailey which begins Oct. 14 in
The Herald.
12.562. For concenicnce of organiza-
tion the state is divided into 17 dis-
tricts. the one described being dis-
trict 5 with an organizer for each
district.
Dr. Oscar Lee Smith pastor of the
First Baptist church this city 1s or-
ganizer for this district.
At the rally in Harlingen address-
es will be delivered by a visiting team
of speakers composed of Dr. R. E.
Day pastor of the First Baptist
| church. Big Spring; Dr. J M. Waw-
son. pastor of the First Baptist
church Waco and G. S. Hopkins of
Dallas state Sunday School secre-
tary of the Baptist General Con-
vention of Texas.
This rally is a part of the general
budget promotion campaign
throuihout the Southern Baptist
convention in which the 2.888 Bap-
tist churches of Texas with a total
membership of above 500000 seek to
raise in pledges $6350000 with which
to carry on all their local and de- [
nominational work for the 12!
months. The most thorough going
organization and enlistment cam-1
paign is being carried forward which
will culminate in an every-member
canvass during the week from Nov.
29 to Dec. 6
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