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July 31, 1929
THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
PAGE SEVEN
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Too Many Stowaivays
By Albert T. Reul
FOR RENT
FOR SALE
FOR RENT—Neat clean furnished FOR SALE or RENT-4 room house,
rooms, hot and cold water, by day,
week or month. Phone 613. Gulf Hotel.
Opposite General Offices. 32 tf n|.
FOR RENT—New, beautifully fur*
nishsed cool rooms; private entranc-
es. shower bath, hot water, twin beds.
Next door to Mrs. Ware’s boarding
house. Phone 558J or call at The
John-Etta, 421 E. King. 46-5t-pd
FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnish-
ed five-room residence at 607 E. Ken-
edy Ave. All conveniences, including
hot water. Ben T. Laws. 49-2t-up
FOR RENT Furnished apartment,
private bath, garage, on pavement,
close in. Phone 341W. 4S-3t-pd
FOR KENT Southeast. apartment.
3 rooms and bath. Phone 25."). 47-tf-X
HOUSES FOR RENT Listings so-
licited. Phone 415. Mrs. d. M. Hut
sell. 028 W. Kleberg A.ve. 49-14t-pd
West Lott; will take light automobile
or vacant lots first payment; balance
like rent. B. C. Erookshfre, Phone
297. 49-lbpd
FOR SALE 1 China closet; 1 kitchen
cabinet; 1 dinning rootn table; 1 re-
frigerator. 405 E. King.
FOR SALE OR TRADE 25 pairs
Giant Cross Pigeons. Large variety.
Fast breeders. Bargain. See R. S.
Shindler, or phone 21s.J. 50-2t-pd
FOR SALE- -Four-room house with
bath, kitchenette, screened porch,
garage. Three lots, located on pave-
ment. 215 E. Doddridge St. Price,
$1950. No down payment required;
easy monthly terms. Inquire H. T.
Collins, Ford Garage. 49-5t-pd
MISCELLANEOUS
M. I* BRADLEY, piano tuner, will
he in Kingsville about August 5tli.
Leave orders at the Allen Furniture
Company. 50-lt
MATTRESSES REBUILT and made
like new. Make and sell new mat-
tresses. One day service. Give us a
trial. Why send them out of town
when you can got t lie same service 1
here at home. Phone No. 11.
Schlinke’s Second-Hand Furniture |
Store. 46-4t-pd
I AM NOW equipped to clean your
rugs with an up-to-date vacuum clean
or. .1 \Y. Schlenke. Phone 11
48-3't-pd
FOR RENT—Modern 4-room duplex
apartment with garage. Close in ou
pavement. Phone 2:52. 50-2t-np
CHURCHES
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
E. A. Hunter, Pastor
FOR SALE My home on Wed. Lee.
New and modern. Convenient, to Col-
lege and public schools. J. H. Greg-
ory, Box 356, McAllen. Tex. 49-tf-np
The Bilile School begins at lo a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. tn.
The B. Y. P. F. meets at 7 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend any and all services at our
church. .
ORANGE MILL and complete equip-
ment; best going little business in
tiie Valley; good location, low rent;
can be handled by man or woman.
Selling account of illness Price $750.
with small cash payment, balance
monthly. P. O. Box 863, Brownsville,
Texas. 49-3t-pd
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LOST Key case aiul keys, on corner
at MoPac General Office. Initials
L. T. W. R. on case. Liberal reward
for return to lueeda Cafe.
49 It-up
We are having wonderful crowds j FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
at all of our services for the summer Geo. F williams, Pastor
time. In laxt, our attendance upon Sunday School at 9:45. The lessons
hoth the Sunday School and the | just now are studies in Daniel. A
preaching services is as good as it j great man ,a great statesman, and a
was in mid-winter. We are trying to i great servant of God. He lived
make them interesting and helpful, cleanly, served laboriously, said what
Tiie Sunday evening services are
being held on the lawn. Last Sunday
evening practically every s.mt was
taken. We had a music novelty Sun-
day night. That, is, it was a novelty
for <i church service. We ha.I an
lie had to say without stutterin. He
is a man worth knowing.
Bro. S. Brooks McLean, who serves
God and liis fellow men in the print
shop, the class room and the pulpit,
will be the preacher, on Sunday
FARMERS A new service. You need
not wait at the gins. 1 am prepared
to haul your cotton from the field to
the gin of your choice at a saving of
time and money to you. See me, or
phone Ricardo. C. R. Updike. 49-3t-pd
M. 1\ Bradley, piano tuner, will be
in Kingsville about August 5th. Leave
orders at the Allen Furniture Com
pany. 50-lt 1
electric Victrola for our special num- j morning. In the absence of the pus-
hers. We had a pipe organ prelude i tor. there will lie no service next Suu-
aml offertory, a male quartette and Llay night,
two solos at the proper places in the ! ---,
program, and the music was wonder-
ful and greatly enjoyed by all. We
shall have a similar machine next
Sunday’nioht and some special music
lias already been ordered for the oc
cusion. For a few Sunday evenings
we shall use about 15 minutes of the
evening hour in this way. We are
doing it because it is so hard to sing
in the open air. and because people
like it.
Next Sunday evening will be Visit-
ors’ Night. We hope to have many
local visitors, and then we hope to
have visitor- from other towns. The
pastor will bring a short message on
tiie subject, “The Advertising Pages
and Obstruction to Christian laving/’
Sunday morning the pastor will
preach on “The Backward and For-
ward Look.” Tiie choir will render
special niusiic.
The Communion will be adminis-
tered at the morning service and the
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Corner Seventh and Kng
E. A. Osborne, Minister
Sunday Services:
Bible School at 9:45 a. in.
Communion service at 11 a. m.
WAITRESS WANTED
Ricardo Hotel.
Apply Casa
50-lt-pd
Railroad News
C. M. Ranks .chief clerk to the
auditor at Houston, and H. L. Mor-
gan. head bookkeeper in the auditor’s
office at Houston, were down Satur-
day on business with the auditing de-
partment here.
Aubrey Huffman of the auditing
department was the guest of friends
in Houston for tiie week end.
WANTED Small furnished house,
c'.ose to school. 1*. O. Box 893. 50-lt-pd
Miss Queenie Craul of the auditing
department spent part of her vaca
tion visiting friends in Waco during
tiie past week.
Lee Reeder, assistant 'timekeeper,
and I. F. Elder, general clerk In the
superintendent’s office, returned Wed-
nesday from a two weeks vacation.
Miss Rose Mahoney of the auditing
department is spending a two weeks
vacation seeing the wonders of New
Mexico.
Mrs. ,J W. Troutt, of the superin-
tendent's office lias been granted a
90 days leave of absence and will
Safford Appreciates
C. C. Rail Shipment
Campaign
The following letter from Vico
President Salford, under date of July
29, lms been received by Secretary
Erard of the Commercial Club:
Dear Mr. Erard I have just been
informed of the efforts which are be
j ing made by the Commercial Club of
your citx to influence shipments of
cotton to the railroad rather than to
trucks, and I want you to know that
we all deeply appreciate this fine
spirit of co-operation which is being
shown by you.
We feel that the railroad lms a very
considerable interest in your com-
munity, and that interest justifies the
protection of its revenues from such
agencies as truck lines, who eontrib-
THIS
! WOMAN
j KNEW
Once in passing a store we
overheard a lady remark to an-
other who was standing look-
ing into a window, of the store
in question, that calling
lb*1 merchant by name, always
told llio truth in his advertising.
Continuing, she said, “You
always know when this met
chant says that an article for-
merly sold for a certain price,
that Hi is is exactly true. It is
a pleasure to attend one of bis
sales. They are real sales.”
We were interested and made
inquiry among others and found
this to l»o the general opinion.
Tiie trade all had faith In bis
word, and his sales attracted
large crowds.
Student of Spanish
A meriean ( '<>un tries
Address History Club
Colonel Taylor of Fulfurrius, a
traveler in and student of the Latin
American Republics, will address the
Robert J. Kleberg History Club in
the college forum at S o’clock Tuesday
evening, August 6. Officers of that
organization extend an invitation to
the general public to share with them
(he benefits and pleasure of the speak-
er’s appearance here.
The Colonel was a companion of
Theodore Roosevelt on his trip to
South America, and for 25 years was
u prospecting engineer in Mexico.
leave this week for Detroit, Mich., ute little to the permanent prosperity-
| where she will join her husband, who,0* your city,
is working out of that point at the I 11 is n,os' Phasing to us to find j
present time.
) such a hearty response to the views
Miss Helen Hunt of Fort Worth has j w<’ 1,01,1 0,1 ,hi’s ,‘URH,,on’ aml w" WiU"
accepted a position as stenographer I yo11 to know how w<> feel 1 am ho,,
in the superintendent’s office reliev-l,llg 1,11,1 1 may have au early 0,u"""
Irg Mrs. Troutt for 90 days 1 tunity lo Hee you aml Kuy tht‘a,>
A "Chamber of Death" lest is your
guarantee of FLY TOX efficiency.
'Truthful advertising hud ere-i The FLY TOX “Chamber of Death"
atf-d a faith in the store aml ; is a small room in which live, healthy
• he buying public went, there | insects are turned loose. They are
with confidence that tilings strong and lively As they fly and
were exactly as represented. buzz around inside the "Chamber of
Truthful advertising is the | Death." FLY-TOX is spruced inside,
only kind of advertising that | Less than a teaspooiiful Is used *AI-
Conductor J. B. Halihurton has
children and young people are espe- j returned to work on his run out of
cially invited. | Kingsville, after two weeks absence
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m„ and:"" account of an injured leg.
Senior and High Leagues at 7 p. tn. 1 ( onductor J. L. Walton lias been
Junior Kpworth Society at 4:30 p. m. granted a 60 days leave of Absence
--- j and left the past week for his old
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH home in Atlanta. Ga... for an extended
J. M. Garner, Pastor ! visit.
'Tiie attendance on tiie services is A road swindling crew has been
encouraging these days. People con- I b"t working between Sinton and
titiue to join the church. The Sunday ( Kingsville, tying up at Robstown
School is maintaining a high record | "ach night in order to take care of
for the summer. Everyone should i *be cotton movement,
prove his loyalty’ to tiie Saviour by * • L. Stuckey, assistant division
being loyal to his church. We are engineer, was up from his office in
counting on you to be present Sunday. Harlingen Saturday and Sunday.
THE BUILDER
Kingsville, Texas, July 31, 1929
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Editorial
A current magazine
says that a typical
American is one who
will fight to defend the
church he stays away
from on Sunday. And
we’ve noticed, too, that
it is typical American
to knock your commun-
ity while at home and
then boost to beat the
hand as ‘soon as you
get away from home.
Every week sees an in*
< rcase in the number of
our out of town cus-
tomers.
Insects
The mosquito is like a
child; the moment he
stops making a noise
you know he is getting
into something.
If you do not find it at
your home town yard,
call on us. \\V receive
fresh shipments of
building materials ev-
ery week.
j brace bis matrimonial
opportunity and is left
nothing to ling but de-
- lusions.
This Slikup enamel in
IS colors is certainly
uning over big. It is
| so easy to use and thej
colors give you a wide
range of shades to se- ;
i led from.
A St. Louis man got
into trouble with the .
government by selling
love potions and pow- !
! dors that were guaran ;
t*-ed to keep a husband
at home. Most wives j
find their trouble is in |
! getting him out of the
house.
our delivery truck to
see that your deliver-
ies get out on time. If
you want building ma-
terial and want it quick
call 29.
It is estimate dthat 87
per cent of tlie big jobs]
are held by men whoj
don’t give a darn who
the golf champion is.
For sale, at a reasona-,
hie price, a Rulck Se-j
dan in good condition.'
Terms if desired.
Adam and Eve fell for
an apple, and their de-
scendants are still fall-
ing for applesauce.
Sure we have the gen- V\V can point to many
nine Sheetrock. and it
is easy to put up. All
houses here in
ville that we
Kings-
have
e are
proud of every one of
them.
An old bachelor is a
man who failed to em-
I you need Is a saw and |,uilt. ^nd
1 hammer.
j •
The busiest folks this
time of year are those
who are on their vaca- ■■ ■ a
tions j Home Lumber
j Walter Baas is now on 1 Coilipdliy
J. J. Hickman, of the statistical de-
partment, accompanied by his broth-
jet’. M. C. Hickman of Hot Springs,
I Ark., are touring the Valley.
J. II. Brosette of the division engi-
! neor’s office, accompanied by his
wile and little daughter, are touring
Colorado and other Western Slates
during their vacation.
W. E. Hopkins, chief clerk to the
master mechanic, was called to Junc-
tion during the past week on account
ot illness of one of his children. Mrs.
Hopkins and tiie hoys arc spending a
few weeks at Junction and Kerrville.
Durhih Flrnhaber of the auditing
department. accompanied by Mrs.
Firnhaber. were week end visitors in
Brownsville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Laird were week
personally.
.With kindest regards, believe me
Cordially,
H, R. Salford.
July Rainfall
Totals 5.79 Inches
Tiie rainfall for the moiitn of July
as registered by the gauge of the
Kingsville Lumber Company, totals
5.79 inches, the heaviest for July since
1921, when there was a total of 7.15
inches.
According to available records cov-
ering 191s and subsequent years, the
wettest July during the twelve years
included was in 1919, when 13.20
inches of moisture fell, and the dry-
eid guests of friends in Sinton
I- J- Lewis, traveling timekeeper. -st July f,‘“ ,M ,9f’’ wh,;,, n° p,'7lpl:
was down from Houston several days ,a,i°" WaS reM,n,'!'1 by U,“ local
the past week, working with the me-! ba“ner ,:otlon y"Ur
chanical department.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 E. Harris returned
the past week from a ten days visit
with relatives in Oklahoma and North
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Laws and
liitle son, Earl Jr., of Houston, spent
Die week end here with honor folks.
in this section, when this county pro-
duced a bale to the acre, shows a
rainfall of 2 Inches.
Tiie average July rainfall over the
twelve year period is 3.23 inches.
ever pays.
Mexican Dies of
Wounds Accidentally
Inflicted by Self
Joe Yassie. Mexican resident of
the community, died Thursday after-
noon in the Kleberg County Hospital
from wounds received when his gun
wa accidentally discharged late Sun-
day evening Yassie was endeavor-
ing to save the one shell in his gun
for later use and lie struck a scurry-
ing rabbit with the handle of the gun.
As he did so I he gun was discharged
and lie sustained a deep wound in
hia leg, which was later amputated.
Tiie man was an employee of the
local ioiiml lions,, of th<*. MoPac Lines.
Mr. and Mrs. M. |\ Wilder returned
last week to their home in Houston
after a visit with Mrs. Wilder’s sister,
Mrs. George T. Williams
most at once the tin/,zing slops With-
in five minutes all is still. The in-
sect are dead This test shows you
how quick and positive FLY TOX
works .lust what you need for those
pesky file and mosquitoes that both-
er you now FLY-TOX is positively
harmless to people. It has a delight-
ful perfume-like fragrance that pci
vades a room like delicate Insence, It
is stainless FLY-TOX was developed
at Mellon Institute of Industrial Re-
search by Rex Research Fellowship
Every bottle guaranteed. Adv.
Miss Mollie Bee Bell of BeeVllb*
had Iter mother, sister and other tel
atlves from Rceville as her guests at
the Parr House Monday.
Food Like So Much
Poison to System
accompanied by their niece. Miss
Georgia .Max Williams, who will be
• heir guest until school begins
"Two years ago specialists in Lou
f !■">’ were isjana, where I used to live, advised
KLEBERG COUNTY
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
HOSPITAL NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Huffman an-
nounce the birth of a daughter at the
Kleberg County Hospital on Wednes-
day afternoon.
The hospital lias been quite busy
____ • i with out of town surgery cases the
The third annual Kleberg County past b'w days.
Teachers Institute will be held at the- Miss Cna Tanner, nurse, is resting
high school building, beginning Hep- very well, following a recent opera
tember 9th at 10 a. m. with Supt J. tion.
D. Bramlette as conductor. Every Miss Laura Ltgon is remaining at
teacher in the county is expected tn P"' home on West Henrietta fora rest,
register the first day. The work of 01 days,
the sessions will be outlined the morn-
ing of the first day and such subjects Mr and Mrs. K. M Crenshaw and
touched upon as will lie of special daughter. Dorothy Mae. have returned
interest to the educational work of from an extended trip through the
our county, Tiie program will appear j northwestern part of the Culled
later, W. II. McCracken, County States, and througlf the Great Lakes
Superintendent of Schools.
Mr: S Y Alexander, accompani-
ed by her son, S. Y. Jr., left Tuesday
•ib-bl loi point: in Washington, Ore-
gon, Arizona .California and New
Mexico. Thev will spend a few days
in Los Angeles and Oakland visiting
relative# and friends.
Miss Aline Collins lias returned lo
In i home in Italian, after a visit with
her cousin, Mrs, George Blister.
me to come to San Antonio to recup-
erate from tiie after effects of a
bad spell of ma-
laria which had
left me in a ter-
rible run down
condition.
“I didn’t look
like myself at
ail. My complex-
ion and eyes hud
turned such an
unhealthy yellow-
color. In place of
nourishing me.
my food was just
like so much poi-
son Constipation
kept my system from throwing off
these poisons and it Just looked !ik<‘
I wasn’t going to get any better.
"Sargon did more for me in less
titan one month than all the other
Tie* Woodmen Circle meets every j Ino(||(.im.s | have used i u the past
ant/..
region In both the Cnited Stales and first Tuesday afternoon at 3 p. rn. and fjVl, years. A number of mix friends
Canada.
Mr and Mrs. Boh Lee and Mis
County Ginnings
Gretta Albrecht and little daughter,
R^cICll 2168 RgllcS i returned Monday from a
| visit with relatives In Montana.
•very tillrd Wednesday night at 8 p. have told me that they had never
m. of earli month. Members are urg ! sueli u remarkable change in any
Klelterg County ginnings for 1929
reached a total of 216,8 bales Tuesday,
the various gins reporting as follows:
Newton Gin. Kingsville 4xn
Farmers Gin. Kingsville 4 43
Riviera 130
Brvan Gin. Ricardo 1115
ed to lie present.
Minnie Atkins, Guardian,
Rose Dnrnhcrger, Fin.-Sec.
NOTICE
M r.«
R 1 Buck t Taylor.
one in such a short time It is sim-
ply wonderful how Sargon brought
hack my color and benefitted me in
so many ways.
"Sargon Soft Mass Bills are the
Minnie Brown Rcbekah Lodge No. grandest in the world to overcome a
Carrlxo Springs, accompanied by Buck 215 meets every Saturday night at » sluggish liver and 1 don’t believe med
Gardner, also of Carrlzo Springs, is
visiting her mother. Mrs. Vera K
Spurlock on Richard Avenue. The
entire party returned Tuesday iiff»*r-
noon from a trip to th“ Valley,
o’clock. Members requested tc
present, visitors always welcome.
Emma Nash. N. G.
Edna \dams. Sec.
32 27 pd.
1 leal science has ever found, or ever
j vx III find, an equal of Sargon.”
Mrs. E. Brudhomme, 616 West.
I Wood lawn. San Antonio, Texas.
Moss Drug Co.. Agents.
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