Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1914 Page: 5 of 8
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CLASSIFIED ADS, s
'Advertisements inserted in this col-
umn willbe chargedforattherate
of 5-cents per line each issue. No
ad. accepted for less than 35c.
Wanted—10 cords wood two or
four feet cuts.—E. E. Evans.
We are now buying com and
will pay cash, all market will
justify.—Rio Grande Grain Co.
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Arkansas Land for Trade.
Farms, also business and
town property for trade. Want
30 to 80 acres near town; must
be clear or nearly clear im-
proved property. Only owners
apply. II. 0. Green, Hope, Ark.
For sale at a sacrifice—A
first class work horse. None
better in the Valley. Inquire
at Tribune office.
For Sale or Rent — 20 acres
of broken land; water lateral;
about two miles from Mercedes
Liberal terms. Write J. P. Bai-
ley, 320 Y. M. C. A. Bldg., Oma-
ha, Neb. 19-...t.
Choice, selected Egyptian
wheat seed for planting. Noth
ing better for silage. The best
crop to follow7 your corn. Price
$3.00 per bushel. You will pay
$3.50 per bushel anywhere else.
Alameda Jersey Farm, Donna,
Texas.
For Sale—Maxwell runabout,
as good as new, good top and
lights; for references, apply to
Box 45, Mercedes. Wm. Mar-
shall Hill.
For rent—the coming year,
19 acres broken land of lot 2,
Block 42. Liberal terms. Write
A. C. Broadbent, Independence,
Kans.
Wanted—Jersey cowrs. Must
be good milkersand cheap. Em-
mett L. Howard, Brownsville,
Texas.
FOR RENT—A five room cot-
tage, modern in every res-
pect. Has big chimney, fully
equipped bath room, electric
lights, etc., also well kept ber-
muda lawn. A bargain if rent-
v ed at once.—Rio Grande Hdw.
& Mach. Co.
LOST of stolen—One Nobby
tread tire and rim on road be-
tween Donna and Mercedes on
Saturday night. Reward for re-
turn to F. H.Wageman, Palm
Heights, Mercedes, Texas.
FOR SALE—New canner and
outfit.’ Capacity from 500 to
1500 cans per day, $15 iron
bed, mattress, springs, pair of
feather pillows; marble top
dresser $6; w7ash stand $2; Mor-
ris rocker $8; kitchen cabinet
$6; safe $3; 6 chairs $4; 70 egg
Cypress incubator $7; White
Orpington chickens, white run-
ner ducks, white african guin-
eas and very light blue guineas.
Mrs. E. A. Herndon, mile nine
and one-half east of Mercedes.
WANTED—Ho*se for keep.
Good treatment. Also furniture
for housekeping.—Call at Trib-
nue office.
Acute Indigestion.
“I w7as annoyed for over a
year by attacks of acute indi-
gestion, followed by constipa-
k tion,”ywrites Mrs. M. J. Gallag-
Geneva, N. Y. “I tried
everything that was recom-
mended to me for this com-
plaint but nothing did me much
s-^qod until about four months
p ago I saw Chamberlain’s Tab-
lets advertised and procured a
bottle of them from our drug-
gist. I soon realized that I had
gotten the right thing for they
helped me at once. Since taking
twro bottles of them I can eat
heartily without any bad ef-
fects.” Sold by all dealers.
den spot of the world. “It is not
a question of doubt,” said Mr.
O’Brien, “these things will come
to pass as we picture them to-
night, for if I am any judge
of men, the first meeting that
you held in this city to promote
this ornagization and the cause
as well as those that I see be-
fore me tonight our hopes are a
certainty, Brownsville will give
liberally to this organization.
“There are at least four men
in Brownsville,“ continued Mr.
O’Brien, “who will respond, and
that nobly, to the purpose of
this organization, men who are
found at the helm of every pro-
gressive movement in the Val-
ley of the Lower Rio Grande.
I refer to Hon. A. Albert
Browne, Hon. Frank Rabb,
James A. Browne and R. B.
Creager. It is to these men
and their like, who we look to to
maintain on the dome of the
Cameron county court house
the flag of progress and pros-
perity.”'
T. Holl Spillman, who was
elected a director for Alton, of-
fered his resignation by reason
of having recently moved to
Mission which was accepted
with reluctance. With the con-
sent of all present, the presi-
dent appointed Frank Leverman
of Alton to serve in the place of
Mr. Spillman for the Alton sec-
tion.
A motion duly seconded and
carried, that the organization
be made permanent with the
election of Hon. Geo. P. Brown
as president and S. A. Pipes as
secretary of the board of di-
rectors.
The election of a vice presi-
dent of the board of directors
was for a moment spirited,
there being two nominations,
which resulted in the election
of Col. D. P. Gay, brought about
through a personal appeal from
Mr. O’Brien, saying: “Mr. Pres-
ident and gentlemen of the
meeting, I shall accept it as a
compliment to my city if you
gentlemen will confer this honor
on Col. Gay.”
Immediately the other nomi-
nation was then withdrawn and
Col. Gay was elected by accla-
mation. Col. Gay in acknowl-
edging and accepting the honor
made one of the best talks of
the evening, assuring his hearty
support at any and all times.
Col. Gay is one of the prime
movers in the great national
highway along the Rio Grande,
as well as in every other move-
ment in the development of the
Valley, which means much to
the cause of the organization in
getting him well harnessed to
the work. Prof. D. A. Kent
of Donna was elected second
vice president.
F. C. Platt, E. A. Sterling and
Col. D. P. Gay were elected an
executive committee.
S. A. Pipes was elected sec-
retary and given absolute au-
thority to outline and proceed
with the work of the organiza-
tion.
During the course of the
splendid talks, along the' lines
of necessity of gravity irriga-
tion by the government, and the
feasibility of the project, some
of the speakers warmed to elo-
quence in presenting their ideas
and plans. Among those who
prominently addressed the
meeting were Judge Brown, D.
A. O’Brien, D. A. Kent, Judge
Monroe, Col. Gay, F. C. R.
Platt, Geo. E. Thomas, E. A.
Sterling, J. C. Kelley of Pharr
who spent much time and
money on a gravity project sev-
eral years ago, as well as sev-
eral others, including Mayor
Fere-nsnn of Mission.
Carden’s Views on Mexico
Sir Lionel Carden, England’s
former ambassador to Mexico,
but who some months ago wras
transferred to Brazil, gave out
the following statement, in New7
York, last Wednesday. Sir
Lionel’s statement was drawn
forth when announcement was
made by Me, Wilson of his in-
tention to withdraw the Ameri-
can troops from Vera Cruz. Sir
Lionel said
It is a desperate shame that
the United States has seen fit
to abandon the decent people
of Mexico when they most need
help. I don’t know7 the reason
for this, but it would seem that
President Wilson has been mis
informed is some matters, and
that if another side of the sit
nation has been brought to his
attention, he has not seen fit to
listen to anything that contra-
dicts those who have told him
that the country has been paci-
fied.
The people who did not get
protection in the City of Mexico
and elsewhere, went to Vera
Cruz for protection. What will
they do now ? They have no
means of getting away and will
be left to the mercies of the
lawless element that will imme-
diately overrun the towns and
country.
When it is said that a state
of absolute anarchy exists in
Mexico, it is not stating the
facts too strongly. There w7ere
some 4,000 good policemen in
the City of Mexico, but they
have been supplanted by an
army of 35,000 soldiers that
fought the Federal government
and among those are several
thousand of wild Yaqui Indians
who, two months ago, fought
with bows and arrows as the
only weapons they knew. Imag-
ine these wild men turned loose
in the streets of a great city,
with no law* to govern them and
with the residents at their
mercy.
Neither life, liberty nor prop-
erty is safe, and whenever an
officer so desires he may turn a
family out of its home and com-
mandeer everything. There is
no redress, for there are no
courts, no laws—nothing but
anarchy and military despotism
with not even a supreme chief
to oversee them.
Huerta had some sort of a
government; Carranza has none
whatever; the only claim he has
to greatness is his physique,
and that is not so terrifying,
either. There is not even mar-
tial law there, because there is
no organization. The Zapatistas,
wild, roaming bands of brig-
ands, every few days assault
the waterworks of the City of
Mexico, which are only 35 min-
utes ride from the City, and
are all the time trying to get
into town. They are driven
away by superior forces, but
again make an assault when
they feel inclined. But this is
only an instance.
For months the Carranza
party has held the northern tier
of States, yet has it formed a
government? It has not. And
there does not seem to have
been any attempt to do so.
There, however, never has been
an honest election down there
and there never will be until the
bands of brigands that infest
the land be subdued. What can
one expect when these bands
roam and pillage where they
wish? And they have no laws,
no controlling force; they mur-
der and plunder where they will,
with no penalty if caught.
If there is to be an ultimate
settlement of the Mexican
troubles, it must be brought
about by the United States.
That would take 400,000 men
many years and a vast sum of
money. There would be no
glory in it for the United States
—only the principle of the thing
—and it is a question if the
great Republic would care to
foot the bill.
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Too Much for Him.
A bishop In the Northwest tells of
a conversation he once had with a
Wyoming man touching certain diffi-
culties of the latter’s religious tenets.
“Bishop,” said the naive westerner,
“I do not refuse to believe the story
of the ark. I can accept the ark’s
great size, it® odd shape and the vast
number of animals it contained, but
when I am asked to believe that the
children of Israel carried this unwieldy
thing for forty years in the wilderness,
I must confess that my faith breaks
down..”—Harper’s Magazine.
Some Country.
“What part of Europe pleased you
most?” a3ked the American,
“Germany,” replied the returned
tourist.
“Why Germany?” asked the Ameri-
can.
‘Why, in Germany a man ie still
considered as being as good as a wona-
an,” replied the returned tourist.—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Muscle Needed.
It was a beautiful New Year morn-
ing in the stone age.
'Hey, Strongarm,” said Hairyhead,
“lend me your crowbar, will you?”
“Whatty ye want with it?” asked
Strongarm.
I want to take it home,” informed
Hairyhead, “to turn over a new leaik”
—Youngstown Telegram.
A Modern Instance.
“Seems strange that people could t)e
so credulous as they were in the days
of the Salem witchcraft.”
“Oh, I don’t know. Some of us went
in pretty strong for those poisoned
needle stories which were so popular
a few months back.”—Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
SURE THINQ.
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Jig—Can you tell me where the
first lawn fete was held?
Wig—On the lawn, I reckon.
your Field and Garden
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Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y
His Fate.
He was a city councilman
Deaf to the people’s call;
And now he’s in the discard heap.
While they play Sunday ball.
Movies Will Tell.
Lady of the Kimono—How do you
know your husband wasn’t in Moose-
ton when he said he was?
Mrs. Visit—I went to a movie show
one night, and a film showed him in
the band wagon as his lodge paraded
at Elkhart.—Judge.
Just think! Flour made
and guaranteed by the
QUALITY MILLS at
these prices:
White Dome, 48
“ 45 24
Austin Maid, 48
$1*40
.75
1.60
.85
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SOLD
Mercedes Gash Grncery
Every Sack Guaranteed..
.For the best
LUMBER
Magazine Tendencies.
Willis—After a writer has got a rep-
utation nowadays he sells anything,
no matter how rotten it is.
Gillis—It used to be that way.
Nowadays you’ve got to sell some-
thing pretty rotten in order to get a
reputation.—Puck.
Lucky Centaur.
“What was a Centaur?”
“He was a man whom nature pro-
vided for in such a way as to make
sure he could go into a horse show
and attract as much admiring atten-
tion as the horse.”
Restrictions.
“How do you like your new flat?”
“It’s a little restricted,” replied the
patient man. “They won’t allow you
to raise children or pets. They even
complain if you raise your voice.”
Ain't It the Truth?
I don’t think much of that young
man. His clothes look silly.”
“Why, papa, he dresses just like a
1814 fashion plate.”
“That’s what I mean.”
AND
Building
SEE
A Prolific Yield.
Husband—Old man Williams' family
tree must be a hickory.
Wife—Why so?”
Husband—All of his boys are such
hard “nuts.”
rvr-g:; v: — ....
McMURRY
Lumber Co.
Illinois Ave. and Second st. Telephone No. 32
H. F. Renneberg
CONTRACTOR AND
BUILDER
All work Guaranteed
Plans and Specifications furnished
Mercedes, -
Texas
H. J. BIRNSTENGLE
PHONE 60
DRAYMAN
Baggage called for and Del "ed, Freight
and Express Shipments promptly
attended to
Pianos, Safes and Household Goods
moved with the greatest of care
Mercedes, - - Texas
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 23, 1914, newspaper, September 23, 1914; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth635042/m1/5/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.