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PAGE TWO
CORPUS CURISTI CALLER
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 29 1920
Your Spring Suit
Your Spring Coat Suit Fashion says should
bp of Serge TricoUne Wool Poplin Poirot
Twill or Wool Jersey in Navy Tnupo Tan
Brown Green or Blue. We are showing
Spring Suits in these materials nnd shades
in a variety of styles from $32.50 to $125.00
Stanling Silk Frocks
$27.59 to $150.00
The very newest styles for the coming sow-
son are illustrated in our new Frocks of Taf-
feta Tnft'ota and Georgette combinations
Pussy Willow Crepe Meteor Crepe do
Chine Satin nnd Mossalino. See them to-
morrow; they nro boyond descrip-
tion $27.50 lo $150.00
New Assortment of Embroidered Smocks
on Show Tomorrow
Your Februaiy Designer is here. It is rich
with interesting stories and styles from
Fashionland.
nae
PLANT A GARDEN
THE "HIGH COST
YOU WILL
Spades Hoes Rakes Garden
Trowels Straight Spades
'Anything You Need to Stir the
Dirt
Nueces Hardware
Company
"It Pays to Pay the Cash"
W. J. SMITH Manager
GIGANTIC TEST WELL IN
; SOUTH TEXAS IS PLAN
! OF BIG MERGER.
(rirtiUiiu. il from mg 1 )
proportion no II Ik nuatv li Dull H
nil lit ni ii'.nn i ni iii fl.u n. 11 tii. m i
phMVH ill riu.li) I'.r it. rli..iimii IIm
nail mi' wnin lhiiiit Hi. ! ml of
iroiilite
Hue h H mil noulil. Iiuwcmi. attract
I attention limn nil oer the u.nlil in -
taua of ll unuauat depth. There lm
I men oonniqemoie apeouiniiiiii n.i n
; wlMl the outcome nf euch deep icl
1 would I. In any field. whthcr irn
t aamt-piowd or wildcat so ttieM-Mnv
II will ntinu-t th unuauat amount (
attention wtii. h mlalit Imi atiMviod
Thin tlliitrl.'i ptolnilil attracted more
Mention tlx ml nil Held during Hit.
punt we HimmikIi the ptlhllelti glu '.
li lb Kiiiihi.. will In iMvnl uniitil.
inim ii lm- .iii .tone iierorr An one
Much iwli.niiiKii here recently ald that
II unit Imi.l lo evil lot'h In Ihi- north
bcraimif Smith Tttrroa and eierltl)
I III. name nt Man A Mould. wh nol
known u an iu producing ntnrv and
hurl uaw itrrn adv-rllaad to Utrtn v
Mich like ttnnccr. RMUiHHl Surklnir-
ni'il and Wlrhlta Kail had Or i onrxo
this ml.lllli.nnl piihlH'ttv mean the
coming In r more ilctrlopntent.
Qerpui Lamia 8n Anlanlo.
Whether I hit flrat real HCtlvlttca Mill
lm alarm! 1 1 tba email rompanlr wtld-
nattln un email iulln llsn I lna. tike the
MC i'itk or helhnr I hp hig compa-
nies with miniiiiui tn hbi'k ihiin la nut
known Wimin Oh- net ai mouth
there will bv nnothrr hundred wMUi
Minted In III 'lulf I'unm country nd
with the tlrllllnit tf the deep well la
progreaa. ir It l in be drlllf.t. Mouth
Tcna will he nut on the map jnnl the
iwni. n the other field In Texaa.
not hn thine which will nitll In the
ilei"loimnt of the Mouth Ten a ra-
tnn In the fuel that lh whol 'iiiintrv
' ixri'ii fiv two oi threw rounUon In
( network of mllronili Imiillngr dlNct to
nnn Antonio nnd to turpi r'hnrll ana
lrilo on lh mmth. t'orpiis Oirintl
probably will lm mini 11 iloap walur
port nnl Iiroilo will ftirnlah ti outlet
to Mi'lco. hi-nw therr la notlilnf to
hohl the flelil biipk In ininapoitntli.n.
it nil la found.
or oniirnf th hulkllnit of wauon roada
will have to m. tnkan Into roia(lrt
Hurt l.ri-niiMi. Hhtc lire few ronda III tin
pntln- Honth Texna field now worthy
even nf mi-ntli.ii H naunt that n
pvrnoit IiIIn .nil iuiukk the prnlrle fol-
towlnir ii nnitill one-wlilili track when
he oo nn vv lu re.
RAILROAD BILL SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT.
(Continued from Pneo Onn.)
the rolntlon betWfMn wrn anil the
eoat of llvnr. Ih hnanrda of the em-
plovtnenl. the trolnlna and "kill re
quired the ilearee of rnaponalhlllly the
character nnd trreanilartty of the em-
plojrment and the eorretelon of Inequnl-
II lee aa the reaull of prevlnua iitlJuat
menta. Coupleil with the direction to
I He hslmr bonru to take into cnnaluer
iitton tlieao ImiMrtanl alanilartl I tlia
niuniy imrmnant iiitoiton to tne com
mlaalon to proMorilio rat dm aufftetant
to admit of tha imymant or tlie raen
able Ofwratlnw exnenaea lnolllilliii" of
eourw fair rate or wanati
Now Era Irf Sloht.
.My liotiM nr Unit the puftlnu Into
errant of ihom nrnvuiona Willi a oare
fullv milaelml labor liuanl wliow nub
He nnreaentattvcN can lie rellail uuon
to ha fair to lalior and to unpreolata
the point of view of labor Hint It la no
loHuor to un eonmuereii aa a mere
oummoillty. will mark the liearlnnlrm of
a mw em or better uniierautiiiiinK ue-
tween the rallroiid iiinnnnemeiitB anil
their employ and will filrnlah ndUl
t tonal aafiauartln lo the Juat Intercut
of rnllroad Inbor.
"I mil mire that every nienov which
will lie Involved Ii th" eieatlon or the
Inluir lioiird ond In the tonilml nf ne-
irutlntlmla fully appinclataa thnt the
wnRe (Temnnda ore eiunien 10 ine
enrllcat (HHiallile ennaldi'intion nnd iIIh-
poaltton. nnd tlierafore I do tint nnllol-
litite iIoIhv In Hie nioololme-it nnd or-
Hiuilxntlnii of labor hoard or in the
ntlior neoeaaan' alena"
InveallnK Mr. IUbea with the powcra
Bmnted to tlm liroaUlani by the bill.
Me U'lleim maile one exception. The
prealdnnt will hlmaelf later nnme the
Bttent or anency oi me Kovnronieiii
1
roducer
'AND REDUCE
QF LIVING"
NEED
FEDERAL FUEL
EPTUP
Conmiionion of Four Created
to Share Them With
Mines.
llj Tn Afi'latil l'fr.
W HIMNOh)N Ptdj - t;nhe.lent
With the elBnlrw of th" rnllrnnd bill
lonlglil lMiiili'nt Wllaon ln.uM extion.
tlvu order providing fur rnntlmiMtlon
nl tlm iHiwiaa of the fuel iitlmlnlatrn-
Hi.ii I. it diMIf Mtm .iwrn nm
dlreetor ni il of nillrond" nnd 11 opm-
mlnxli'ii or lour threi'ii.i' (lenerul llln
will leiiiln liirled'i'tlon i tinmnatlr
dlatrllititlnn while the eimimlaalon will
handle hunkt-i and evtxiit ton I matter a.
The eommlnaion wilt he ovinpoaed ot
A. Wl Howe ttamhrniil I'eale r. it
Whltluker mid J. V. K'h'T It will
runetli.h lltroUh the tldewnler coal
exchnnKe. whlrh la iKlored for that
mirpoae hnvinn Iwen auapendwl lw-
fore the roala;niMon of l. tinrflold aa
rncl admin latrator
The ordar cnmtlnf the communion 'a
i.rfeotlve until April M nxt The or-d-r
aald tht action van tnlccn 'hecniiao
of the proaant amraiir and In older
to tnayrc na nda natc aupply and .MUlt-
ahl dlalilbUtloh ami to r.irllllata. tha
movetnent and to prevent locally or
ftncraliy nearelty or cont-
The aecend order InVeaUna; Mr Hlnoa
with the power of fuel a4mllatratrir.
o fnr aa donickilc dlatrlhittton In enn-
oornvd anld doubt ha. I nrlnen it fn
Whether he could continue ti et i rclai
th'we riowem lifter th- return of the
rntlmndK to prhnio ocnitul X ictv
ordar waa therefore exocuted extending
air. Hlnce' authority beyond tha diite
of the return.
I
aimJitat whom ault miy be broumht to
antiafy rlalma nrlalnx ' of Kovern-
mailt control nf the ..illr...nln na (ji.i-
vidad in aeeilnn SMI of (ho net.
Oo Batk Mond.iy.
At 11-01 a. mH Mondny the (overn-
miml will hand ever to their ownera
MO.Wtfl ml lea of main line rallnnd nnd
lerialnala an denulpinenl vulued at an-
lirnxlinatelv tSO.ono.Otitl.oo over whii-h
Ita direct authority boa hei n eatended
Hlnce IVeembcr J. I9IT.
The propnrilea will ao bock leavlnr
tha Kovimment with n deficit of Tir.
ooo.OOfl fur ita twcnty-alir months of
opernllu-i. but while the ( licit ni
pear Inrae. "federal operation haa coat
the public lonalderably lean under lit-
condltlona. thrnuKh rutea and taxen.
than wt.uld hnvn been the caae under
prlvnln conlrol" Dlreetor Oeneral
IlinPH declared In a resume of govern-
ment .on I lot.
Mr. Hlne. believed that both the ni-
tlon it ml ruilrtiada gained iKiieflte of
a laatlna chnriirter from the period of
unified operailon. In ndditlon to bet-
tennanta which ha lielie d had tmen
aocoinpliahad Mr. Hinen aald the mil
llnea were !: a iioaitlnn oparate ttielr
pro port lea better nnd to Improve facil-
ities. Ilia Htatomenl nlao dealt with
raaultH directly obtained through op-
crating tha ronda aa a unit.
War Service Potlli!o
"It mndn praettaable n war trana-
portBtluti nervtoe wlilvh could not oth-
erwlaa lm.w lieen olitnlned." he aald.
Attaworlug illractly aaaertlorm that
tho road would be returnr.l
"wraolcatl" Sir tllifea decl.ired thay
Would be restored In o co.idltloo which
"oamtmrea favorably" with that In
which Ihey were taken over and. In
111 oplnit n. In hetlei Mlliiio to meet
demand upon them ihnn they would
navrt leen after two yearn under pri-
vate manttgement The iidmtnlatra-
tloii he B-ild had mode every effort
to "I.Hi'ivc the c. itiiiiliii.il olillgntion
In tniilliliilii the propetili K In eulmtun-
tliilh tlx m.h.iI (-oiiilltioii i.e Ii received
them lie pointed lt tin- cikpoiiditurca
td iipprnxiiiKitely $1 Xihi.iiiih ij'n r.ir Im-
provemente ciiuipnicnt .i'.U i''buiiii:ng
im pi'imf of thin.
The Kovi riiment UoiikIiI for the roada
n total of 10U.00U frelKht citiit and
1. 911) liirumotlvcH. While Diih in be-
loW'tiormul purchnaiK for a like peilad
it wnu expluined i tin t piivhIcuI l inblllty
to obtain ttuliliuiit Ik-cm uhc uf the
exlKncli' nf w.t i waa the milv reaaon
tiie ni'i'iiiiil ptirt h.iHi'H wrr n.t made
LOCAL R. R.'s PLANNING
CHANGES ON RETURN
TO OWNERS.
(Continued from jiico 1.)
New York City; J. 8 I'yeatt pwl-
ilnnt nnd general mnna(ri-r Houaton; J.
15. Antloraan analatant to prtuldent and:
purehaatng agent Ilousti'ii; Roj Tar-!
rati vioo pioaltlrnt and aacretary. New
OrlMim: W. (I Choate aaaiattint gen-j
era I manager Houalon: Oeorge K
i'arrii aaaiatont aecretary. New Yorki
Only; J. If. Iiudrrdale. tn naurer
flwialon; Frank Andrew general
eatuuiel T'.niaton; R. H. Crenahuw
Jr. genrtrnl attorney. KIiikhvIIIc. W t'
tlufour and Oeorge .lnnviei- gen.-nil
attorney. Now Orleaim. turl A le-
Ooradorff ganeral attornwy. New York
City; J A. llrown kcihi.iI freight
agent Houato-i: ('. W Htraln Reneinl
paaaaniw agtml. Itouatmi: r l. Mo-
('lure nanivtant genei.il puaaengei
Hgeiil. Iloimttin M Kckeri 'iiulUi-
tlouaton L. It. Kdi iamtmi. audit..!
(freight ond p.iaaeniter ii-coutu .nut
nvcrcllnrgo claimnV Kinunvllle 1 I.
tiavnllo. aiiperl'itendent nf iin..llv.
power. Klnuavilh-. C H. Klrkpnti ick
chief engineer lioualon. YV li. Iln
tnoaer. aupvrlntendant LoulNlann dl-
vllloll UeQulncy lm ; .1. C Nolan u
parlnteittlent Twxaa dlvlainn Klnga-
Vllte: V. IB. Prawltt gelternl auperlt-
Undent tiuialana Mouthern railroad.
New fVrleona T II. Iavy acting au-
pariiitandeHl tmnaiMirimiou. Houeton.
J. A. Brown general freight agent
announoca the folhtwlng fi eight traf
fic raproaeivUtlveu effective March t:
EL If. Taylor genwral agent. Houa-
ton: II. A. Valla. aollcltliiB freight
agent llnuaton; J. W. Wllllama. gen-
nu aent. Beaumont: J. vr. itaiiey.
ga-nernl agent New Orleans- J H. "lm-
htttu. ogport and Impoit agent. Mew
Orreana; W at. iU;Mllta i. commemlaJ
agMt. New Orieaaa . V J Cauain. ao-
llolttngi freight agent New Orloana.
J. D. Quwtn genaral aceut Chloaco:
R. C Foo.e. com aarcial agent. Chh-
: W. W Mtlne genernl ugant. Blnn-
Irtgham. Ala . C V. Adam oonin-.i-r-oial
agent. Wlrmliurham Ala.; C S.
(Iny. genvial iiKcnt. Itallua: K. O. War-
tag. corunicrclMl agent IVilwin.
C. K. Carlton at pn-aent djvlakm
fnalght agent for the Oulf Conat lines
turd Maiita Ke at HouNtun gowa to Newl
Toik uhuut March is to hie rrmr
poaitlon it general eiiHtrin agent
..3i
ILLINOIS MAN AND WOMAN
MURDERED HER HUSBAND
Muoomh. Ill l-eh Hi iti-orge Al-
veraon Bnil Mi. Ah. .- i'luKt..ti were
'ound gulln i.kImv nf Ui muiji i- of tha
latto'a IionI. i. .1 I i.i .i... 'iiiart.ton. at
HimhuelL tn it tul 'i. Aliiivm waa
Vtlteuccd t. 1 1 f". itnin iH-.nilii M ..:nl Mrs.
ClUKaton v s. i.'c-:i. . J to tutirtaan
yoiH In tha ponitimtlAry. Thu atntei
IiuikmI lliu two had caueed CIiihhIimi'h
dc-ntii ti tin- idininlMi .ill. ai .f liit-'iuc.
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firotfaeri Motm Cm! jopulfli 'Jg
g i to faithful performance mi do- 'a
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f if Thotwanrl of ttilfidcl iDfellgo
I owuerg will tell you aitjthinjj ymi -S
' ! c nm tw know Uoot this ear.
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Bedroom
We have one of the largest and most complete stocks of bedroom
furniture that we have ever before had in our store.
Those suites are in m assortment of pafctonw thn.t ara fcinly beau-
tiful and come in Mhogany Walnut Ivory Red Gum Waxed
Oak Golden Oak and Quartered Oak.
We also have a large assortment of Whittal Rugs end a alee selec-
tion of Draperies that will delightfully harmonise with theae gBte.
The Draperies come in many pattema in Cretonne and other
material. . "t ' m ii i jTTlMjWj
Novor before in Corpus Chriati haa there been such a complete
assortment of Bed Room Seta aa we ar now allowing.
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Corpus Christi Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 341, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 29, 1920, newspaper, February 29, 1920; Corpus Christi, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth163422/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .