Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1914 Page: 8 of 8
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Volume 1
Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, Wednesday, August 5, 1914
Number 27
COUNTY DEMOCRAT-
IC CONVENTION
Mercedes Has the Most Efficient Privately Owned and Operated Irrigating
System in the World. The Engraving shows Water Outlet at River Station.
Results of the Recent Election An-
nounced--Resolutions Adopted
and Relegates Named.
PERFECTING THE UNIT
MARKETING SYSTEM
: An Important and Largely-Attended
Meeting Meld at Harlingen
Monday.
Upon motion duly made and
seconded Alfred Lissner was
elected temporary chairman,
and Alex Wheless • was elected
temporary secretary. Motion
was duly carried that the tem-
porary chairman and the tem-
porary secretary be made per-
manent chairman and secre-
tary.
Mr. Alfred Lissner then pro-
ceeded to state the purpose of
the convention, and read the re-
sults of the votes cast in Hi-
dalgo county, at the general
nocratic primaries.
After motion duly made and
seconded the result of the pri-
mary election of Juluy 25 as
submitted by the executive com-
mittee was adopted unanimous-
ly and the persons declared
nominated, who had received
the highest number of votes
with the exception of the office
of Justice of the Peace in the
1st precinct, in which W. F.
Steadman was declared' the
nominee.
Messrs. E. B. Merriweather,
Carlos Schunior and Henry
Griffin were appointed a com-
mittee on credentials, and the
committee made the following
report:
“To the Hon. Alfred Lissner,
Chairman county Democratic
party, Hidalgo County.
“We, your committee on cre-
dentials hereby respectfully re-
port that tue following dele-
gates are elected as represen-
tatives in the convention, as fol-
lows :
Precinct No. 1, 9 delegates:
Alex Champion, Melchor Mora,
N. B. McCall, N. E, Tucker,
Alex Wheless, L. G. Bunn, C.
B. Buck, F. C. Solia, H. J.
Menton.
Precinct No. 2, 3 delegates:
Alfred Lissner, R. P. Boeye, G.
B. Merriweather.
Precinct No. 3, 6 delegates:
--M, Brewster, Manuel Samans,
E. R. Vela, Manuel Samans, Jr.,
Pedro Garza and Reyes Cas-
tillo.
Precinct No. 4, 6 delegates:
D. N. Glasscock, Louis Gerlts,
J. H. January, I. U. Bartleft,
Henry Guerra, and E. A. Mc-
Daniels.
Precinct No. 6, 7 delegates:
Maximo Diaz, Desiderio Flores,
C. Schunior, M. Reyna, Ignacio
Trevino, Tebdosio Cardenas and
J. L. Longoria.
Precinct No. 7, 3 delegates:
A. Y. Baker, John Closner and
J. R. Alamia.
Precinct No. 8, 2 delegates:
Pedro Anzaldua and Amado
Cavazos, Jr.
.Precinct No. 9, 6 delegates:
Juan L. Gallardo, Abundio Gar-
za, Ramon Trevino, A. L. Lon-
goria, Santiago Olivares and
Alberto Vela.
Precinct No. 10, 1 delegate:
P. Griffin.
Precinct No. 11, 1 delegate:
rold Jeff reds.
Alamia moved that the
^nmittee on cre-
ed and the
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1914, Hon. Alfred Lissner,
Pres. Dem. Con. Hidalgo county,
Texas.
Sir: We, your committee on
resolutions beg leave to report
as follows: 1st—Be it resolved
that this convention heartily en-
dorse the Wilson administration.
2nd—That it endorses the pres-
ent administration of 0. B.
Colquitt, as governor of the
state of Texas. 3rd—That all
delegates elected to the differ-
ent conventions go uninstruct-
ed and that the vote of this
Hidalgo county be cast as a
unit.
Respectfully submitted,
Alex Champion,
A. L. Longoria,
A. P. Griffin.”
EUROPEAN WAR IS ON AND
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED
England Makes Formal Declaration
of War Against Germany
BELGIANS REPULSE MRS,WILSON
IS DYING
THE GERMAN TROOPS
Upon motion duly made and
seconded, this report was unani-
mously adopted.
G. B. Merriweather, A
Loss of Several Thousand Read and
Wounded---German Liner
fey British Cnrser.
■First Lady "or;‘Land Stricken
| With Bright’s Disease and All
| Hope of Recovery Abandoned.
| End Momentarily Expected.
The directors of the Rio
Grande & Coast Association,
and the committeemen selected
at the mass meeting held at
Harlingen July 4th to perfect
the organization of the Unit
Marketing System, met Mon-
day at Harlingen for the pur-
pose of straightening out a few
details which have been appar-
ently hampering the perfecting
of the Unit System. The meet-
ing was well attended, and the
result was that every opposi-
tion, fancied or real, held by a
few interested parties was wip-
ed out and perfect harmony pre-
vailed with all. Col. Heywood
was instructed to appoint three
committees, one to arrange a
standard pack, one for the con-
trol of acreage* and one to look
after express shipments. The
director of each Unit was in-
structed to advise the acreage
in his district, of members and
non-members, reporting same
to the larger organization.
The intention of these three
committees when selected, will
be to arrange the details of
their various matters a*nd have
same in readiness to report at
the annual meeting of the
stockholders to be held at Har-
lingen September 14th. It was
also decided by the Rio Grande
& Coast Association ffirecto^s
JOHN M.
Renominated
man from this
contsituents in
testify- to their
his faithfulness
giving him 983
his opponent.
GARNER
for Congress-
district. His
Hidalgo county
appreciation of
and ability by
votes to 34 for
ELECTRIG LIGHT AND
WATER COMPANY
New Organization With Ample Capi-
tal Will Take Over the Old
Plant and Enlarge It.
A deal is nearly consumated
by which the Mercedes Electric
Light Plant will be taken over
by a strong corporation with
sufficient finances to make the
improvements which are so bad-
ly needed.
For some time the Electric
_ ______ ________________ s Light Company has been handi-
that 25Wffi§!nbers capped by reason of insufficient
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife
■’ the President, lies at the
The British government yes-
Y. j terday reached the decision for
Baker and C. B. Buck were ap-j which the whole world .has
pointed a committee to select; oeen waiting and issued the fol- of death and all hopes for
her recovery have been aban-
doned. She is a victim of
Bright’s disease. The end is
regarded as a matter of hours.
The President and her three
daughters are constantly at her
bedside.
delegates to the following con- lowing bulletin: “His Majesty’s
vehtions: Congressional con- j government has' been informed
vention, Senatorial state conven-! that Germany declared war on
tion, Representative conven-i this country at 7 p. m. today
tion, 28th judicial district con- j and that his Majesty’s ambas-
vention. This committee re- j sador was handed his passports,
ported as follows: j The state of war exists between
Alfred Lissner, Chairman England and Germany from 7
county' convention:
We, your committee on dele-
gates beg to report as follows:
viz: to state convention at El
Paso: A. Y. Baker, Scott Caw-
thorn, James B. Wells, J. K.
Wells, Herbert Davenport, H.
T. Yates; alternates: L. Bart-
liff, Geo. B. Merriweather, A.
E. Chaxez, H. January, J. R.
Alamia, Sostenes Longoria. 8th
PEACE NOW IN MEXICO
Rival Factions Finally Agree Upon
Terms.
President Carbajal and Car-
p. rn. August 4th.”
The absolute refusal of Ger-
many to comply with the Brit-
ish demand that Belgium neu-
trality be respected was the
cause of the declaration.
Great Britain is thus allied
with Russia, France, Servia and1 ranza yesterday reached an
Montenegro against Germany, agreement whereby the Mexi-
and Autsria-Hungary. | can Government will be turned
No declaration has been made : over to the Constitutionalists,
judicial district convention: J. j by Sweden as to what her at- Carranza has agreed to grant
K. Wells, Alex Champion, Al-j titude will be but she is pre- arbajal’s request concerning
fred Lissner, Manuel Samans, ■ paring to defend her neutral guarantees and a peace pact will
Jr., Chas. Schunior, Amado j position. be ratified at once.
Cavazos, Jr. Congressional dis-1 It is expected that Japan will
triet convention: Herbert Dav-, ome actively to the aid of Eng-
^nport, M. H. GosSage, Antonio land.
Longoria, Melchor Mora, Alex : Spain will make proclamation
Wheless, J. R. Alamia. Sena-! of neutrality. Germany is send-
torial convention: H. L. Yates,; ing an ultimatum to Italy.
J. S. Bunn, Alfredo Vela, M. The German army . invaded
B. Barton, W. B. McCall; C. Ve- Belgium and made an attack on
la. Representative district con- Liege. The Belgians made a
vention: J. B. Wells, E. E
HEAVY CMS BUSINESS
Crop From 7.000 Acres oa Merce-
des Canal Begins to Move.
The worok of marketing the
7,000 acres of corn on the Mer-
heroic defense and repulsed the! cedes canal is now fairly under
tute a quorum for the annual
meeting, that the minutes and
books of the Association shall
be at the disposal of the stock-
holders, and that eachc direct-
or shall be furnished with a list
of the stockholders of the Asso-
ciation. These latter factors
have been contended for by the
committeemen of the Unit Sys-
tem plan, and now that they
have been granted by the Coast
Association officials, nothing re-
mains in the way of a rapid
perfecting of the Unit System,
and the work of completing the
organization of local Units and
securing new members will be
rushed as fast as possible. This
meeting and the action taken
means much to the growers of
the Valley as practically every
obstacle heretofore in the way
has been eliminated, and both
committees have agreed to put
their shoulders to the wheel
and make the Unit Marketing
System a success. Twenty-one
i units have already been organi-
| zed, each having signed up
; about 85 per cent of the grow-
ers in their respective communi-
ties. The Harlingen Unit was
organized Monday evening, and
McAllen, Pharr, Donna, Mission,
Lyford andn Raymondville will
follow shortly.
Guerra, Matias Davila, Wm.j Germans after heavy fighting, j way. Shipments are being
Brewster, Reyes Castillo, E. R. j The German loss is placed atj made at the rateof about seven
Vela. 28th judicial district con- j several thousand dead and * cars a day and this number will
ventidn: J. B. Wells, A. E. I wounded. 800 wounded Ger- ] probably increase for the next
Chavez, H. P. Griffin, Pedro : mans are being taken care of at
Garza, Joe Barrera, Pedro An- j Liege.
zaldua.
Respectfully submitted,
G. B. Merriweather,
A. Y. Baker,
Chas. B. Buck.
Conjmittee.
The report of the committee
was unauimously adopted.
There being no further busi-
ness the convention adjourned,
and all went to the barbecue.
The British cruiser Amphion
has sunk the German liner
Koenigin Louise.
Russian frontier patrols have
penetrated ten miles into Ger-
many.
Dr. T. J. Caldwell and Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Jeffries, of Mis-
sion, were guests at the Mer-
cedes hotel Sunday.
three weeks. The price open-
ed at sixty cents per bushel but
today sixty-three cents is being
paid. The cbrn sheller of the
Rio Grande Grain Co. is busy
to its full capacity. Thus far
most of the shipments have
been made in the shuck but as
the corn dries out shipments of
shelled corn will increase.
Fire at Mission.
At ele.ven- o’clock Saturday
^ *"ght fire destroyed the resi-
| dence of L. N. Booth, the well
j known druggist of the city. The
i origin of the fire is unknown,
but it is thought that it caught
from the kitchen stove. The
value of the house and con-
tents was 6500. It is not known
if insurance was carried. Mr.
Booth and family were not in
the city at the time of the fire,
having left on the afternoon
train.
O. L. Wagner of Iowa City,
Iowa, was in town yesterday.
Mrs. B. H. Brooks and Mrs.
W. H. McLellan of, Donna, were
Mercedes visitors yesterday.
equipment to furnish the cur-
rent required by its rapidly in-
creasing business.
The new company, which has
been promoted by Frank Miller,
will be capitalized at $25,000,
all fully paid in.
A complete new equipment, of
much greater capacity than the
present one, will be installed
immediately and no expense
spared to make' the plant as
up to date and efficient as is
possible.
The Company will be com-
posed of a number of our prom-
inent citizens and the stock is
now fully subscribed. *
Mr. Williams will remain with
the new company as the gene-
ral manager.
The transfer has not been
fully completed at this writing
but there are only a few details
remaining to be performed and
we have every confidence that it
will be fully consumated before
the week is out.
Texas Gardeners.
The South Texas Gardeners
will hold a meeting at Browns-
ville on Friday and Saturday,
August 7 and 8. A special rate
of one and a third fare will be
on. Every one interested in*
trucking are cordially invited.
Distinguished speakers on all
subjects will be on hand. This
is the oldest Valley association.
The Mercedes Bakery has
been treated to a new dress of
paint, not because it needed it
particularly as far as appear-
ance is concerned, but to put
the establishment in the best
sanitary condition possible,
quality of the products of
bakery is making it very
lar thru out the entire
with a resulting increas
iness.
Mercedes Dairy-
Jersey milk deliver
your door. Ring
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1914, newspaper, August 5, 1914; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth634984/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.