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VOLUME VI
The Hebbronville News
’ HEHBKON V1LLE, (JiM HOGG COFNTY), TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER. 2, 1929
Otafijjes, Grfcpc
Fruit, Crapes
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NUMBER 85
Tariff Bill to
Seriously Hurt
Farm Interest
FORMER COUNTY JUDGE
VICE PRESIDENT TEXAS
STATE BANK OF ALICE
Madam Editor
Takes Vaeation
The many friends of Givens A. Parr
formerly of this county, and county
judge for several years, was elected Galveston, as you know, is one of
at the directors meeting of the Texas th« 0,dest Seaports in Texas. It is
HARRY L. SEXTON. FORMERLY Stat* Bank ot Al>c«. active vice presi-
OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE den*
NOW IN W ASHINGTON. D. C..
GIVES INTERESTING DATA ON
said that as far back as the 16th cen
tury, it has been known to the white
PROPOSED TARIFF BILL AND
POINTS OUT MENACE TO AGRl| Alice.
CULTURE IT OFFERS
After leaving the county judge of- * *as
fice of Duval county, Judge Parr
went to Dallas and from there to
Rav Leeman To
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Head the Central
Chamber of A & C
I9TH JUDICIAL COURT
CONVENED MONDAY FOR
A TWO WEEKS SESSION
Ray Leeman, manager of the South
Texas Chamber of Commerce,
unanimously elected President of the
Washington, D. C., Oct. 1—fSpecial
to Epco)—Restoration of the house
rates on fruits and vegetables will be
sought by Senators Connally and
Sheppard of Texas when the agricul-
tural schedule of the pending tariff
bill is submitted on the floor of the
senate, both senators announcing that
ir their opinion fruits and vegetables
should have adequate protection.
Congressman John N. Garner of
Texas and James W'. Collier of Mis-
sissippi both ardent advocates of the
agricultural increases, will be the de-
mocratic members of the conference
committee to which the bill will be
submitted following action by the
senate, and are expected to make a
vigorous fight for the house rates on
these commodities in the event they
are not restored in the senate.
One of the outstanding reductions
by the senate finance committee was
on green beans. The house rate was
three and one half cents and the sen-
ate committee reported a rate of one
half cent. Belief that this was an error
was expressed by both majority and
minority members of the committee
ar.d an amendment increasing the rate
to three or three and one half cents
per pound is expected to be passed
NIXON FARMER SHOWS
HIS HENS MAKE MONEY
like all Texas then, inhabited by In- , . .
I ,. M ' . Central Chamber of Agriculture and
i dians. It was named for the Count de
| Galvez, a subject of Spain, who at
, the time was viceroy of Mexico, and
j Governor of Texas and the province
i of Louisiana, much of which at this
i time was claimed by Spain. It is very
interesting to the student of history
This is a busy week in Hebbron-
ville court circles. District Judge
Mullally, accompanied by District At-
torney John A. Vails, and court re-
; porter Seb. S. Wilcox, arrived Monday
waB | when Jim Hogg county court convened
The grand jury is investigating the
recent alleged killing of Mrs. Garcia,
in El by her husband, Pedro R. Garcia.
Probablj jour chickens ha\e not . follow up the development of Tex-
made you money but do you haveal^ from thig time
one kind and do you house and feed i
and care for them properly. C. E. Ger-
Good roads and automobiles have
des, a Nixon farmer, has banked $1,100 made h P®“lbI* to visit nearly al1
since January 1, from a flock of 500
chickens. He has 350 hens in one pen
r.ow that cost him $1 per day to feed
and the daily egg sales average $5.
There is an all year market on eggs,
turkeys and chickens, hogs and but-
terfat.—Cuero Record.
Two Injured in
Truck Accident
O l wi • growing
oiindav h veiling! an* Piea
• irniaior <
these early outposts and these sacred
spots and if the soil could speak it
could tell many tragic tales of hunger,
of thirst, and disease of disappoint-
ment and treachery, that visited these
first early pioneers, who sacrificed so
much but who have made possible not
only our own glorious Empire State,
tut much of the history of the Great
United States, Almost two centuries
ago in the great courts of the King-
doms of France and Spain, and Eng-
land noblemen and soldiers of fortnue
growing tired of the rounds of gaiety
sure, were casting about, for
greater outlet for their strength and
TWO YOUTHS INJURED WHEN v,tallty’ a"d sou«ht excitement and
TRUCK SWAYS ON BRIDGE. adventure in ne'v ar>d ^en little know
foreign lands. Incidently in which
Commerce which was formed
Paso Monday for the purpose of pro-|0ther n,atterg demanding attention of
tectmg the common farm labor sup- the grandjury are also scheduled to
ply which is necessary for the protec comc up for investigation. Jim Hogg
lion and development of the region j county court will be in session two
along the Mexican border, it was an- weeks, adjourning October 12.
Head of Chain
Condemns Ow n
Sales Methods
SELLING AT LOSS TO DRAW
CROWD. ’PURE FAKING/
SAYS W. T. GRANT. LOSSES, HE
SHOWS, MUST BE PUT ON
GOODS THAT OTHERWISE
COULD BE SOLD CHEAPER
nounced Wednesday morning.
Thirty five representatives from Ag
ricultural and Commercial organiza-
tions in California, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona and Texas attended
the meeting and formed the Central
Chamber of Agriculture and Com-
merce organization.
Directors were elected from each
cf the five states. A resolution re-
questing President Hoover to appoint
a special commission to
MEDICAL AID GIVEN IN BEN-
AVIDES BY. DRS. TAULBEB
Texas, and Mexico played a leading
part. It was here that Herrera, fam-
the farm labor problem in the United
States was passed and will be pre-
sented to the President at an early
date, Mr. Leeman said.
This is one of the most important
moves that has been made in an ef-
fort to assure the region along the
Mexican border of a reasonable supply
of farm labor, Mr. Leeman said.
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DAUGHTER OF SENATOR
AND MRS. ARCHIE PARR
MARRIED LAST SUNDAY
GOOD ATTENDANCE AT
MASONIC GRAND LODGE
Assistant District Attorney W. T.
Neblett, Jr., of Laredo, was highly
pleased with the attendance of Texas
Grand Lodge of Masons last week,
held here. Many Masons from all over
the South district of Texas were pres
ent, and received much benefit from
investigate j the educational program, and lectures
A wedding of unusual interest to
On the Concepcion highway one!OUS Mexican Patriot established a
•] n .. . , ' minateur Republic of Mexico. While n , , - .. M
mile south of Benavides late Sundayt., . , , . . , , i Duval county folk, was that of Maria
evening, a truck with several boyi I Mexico was then under the rule of the | pgrr Weller, and R A Thornpson,
,r; »*• in-! *££ £TL». bJ!-‘tirr hr..°'t:::: «*. *r*v* *• “r cr-
ate.
sever, mittee to be held tomorrow. “Thursday
night’’ here.
Plans are on foot to have the big-
gest celebration ever held in Jim Hogg
county, has many friends, is highly1 county to celebrate the opening of
juring two of the occupants. I / tor and Mrs. Archie Parr,
Th. committee mccccd th. J»“ Abciino ^ri,u« ^.pTot' rtth.m."n,if.od 1
__.__ . - „ , 0 , . .. were the injured boys. The Mendez *” * H “ The bride is the daughter of this
onion rate from - to 2 and one half , , ... picturesque figures of the Gulf Coast. . .. . , , r
x .v , * j . . . Pablo Mendez was the driver ofI f * • , , The groom is a resident of Corpus v;ii~ -the halfwav ston is the logical
from three to two and one half cents . „ story given most credence, is that he . , . ... | vine, me nanwaj stop, is me logical
ner nound Pecans unshelled were **** truck and a brother of Jose. He ,,, , . Christi, and connected with several place for such an event, and thousands
per pound. Pecans unshelled, weie approaching a culvert, and think I ^ merchant large financial institutions of the Port1..........
reduced from 5 to 3 cents per pound, ™ crowding too close on the of Santa Domi"lfo. who having made CJt
and shelled from 10 to 6 cents per . , , , . , , . his pile decided to build his own ship rr-u , . . ...
. „. , , ^ ... right end, cut to the left, and in turn-; , ‘ H i The wedding, a modest home affair,
pound. The proposed seasonal tariff . , 1 end with his family and fortune re— ,, , , , , . ,
, . j . .. . i mg back to the right, swung the truck i , ' was attended only by the immediate
on eggplant and cucumbers, which * . turned to his native land, France. Con L. •« D „
* , ,. .. ..’, . against the left end of the culvert. I ....... f*mily» with Rev. T. N. Bnrton, pastor
would admit those commodities at a . . ... ... , . sequently he started out on his jour—' , ,L , ...
, , . _ _ , These two boys were riding with their ^ wn 0f ty,e Methodist church of Alice, per-
low rate during January, February,!. . ... ., ., . .. ----*- ^------ —*- *---*■----J '—1
feet swinging from the side of the
and March, is expected to be defeated. I. ,
_. , . r„. . ... truck and the full impact was re-
The seasonal tariff, senators point out [,,,.,
ctived by them.
is a distinct innovation, and its ac-; _. .. , . . ..
. ,, . ,, , . The Mendez boy a few months ago
ceptance would establish a precedent I, , . . ,. , ......
... . .. , ... i had an injury which necessitated the
which might prove dangerous in the ...
„ . ” , . ", . , amputation of his right arm, and the , ,
future not only for seasonal agncul- , . _ . . on the sandv beach at Galveston, with
, j \ , t * [injury Sunday came near requiring w_ moon.
handful of
ney to Europe, only to be stopped by forming the ceremony.
a Spanish man of war, for at this !
Chicago—Estimating that the sale
of goods without profit amounts to
between $3,000,000,000 and $5,000,-
000,000 a year, W. T. Grant of New
York called upon the National Chain
Store Association here to go on record
against this practice. He denounced
this method of attracting business as
as a pernicious system, pure “faking,”
and slight of hand merchandising.
Mr. Grant spoke to the chain store
convention as a man who has drawn
such crowds with below cost sales
that he has had to call out the police.
He is the head of a chain of 260 stores
doing a business running to $70,000,-
000 a year. By experience his organi-
zation has found that the sensational
profitless values do not pay.
“In a large organization the selling
of a few items at a loss,’’ he said
“may not be sufficiently important to
affect the profits of the business as a
whole, but nevertheless the loss is
there and it must be covered by the
sale of other ‘profitable’ merchandise
before a profit can be made.
Such a store may hoodwink a few
susceptible people into thinking that
it is selling all of its merchandise
below the customary price livel. Have
you ever thought how insignificant
such an advantage may be to a large
organization and yet how vital it may
be to some little fellow who is depen-
dent upon his line for the selling of
these very goods?
Has Its Selfish Side Too
“I doubt if many concerns in their
desire to be greater or to control a
of motorists are planning to attend : ,ar*‘?r proportion of the sales situation
put on. Mr. Neblett, as deputy grand
master presided.
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Highway Meet
Thursday Night
of This Week
LARGE ATTENDANCE DESIRED
FOR THE BIG MEETING OF THE
CELEBRATION OF THE GULF
TO BORDER HIGHWAY
It is to be hoped, there will be a
the ceremonies. Governor Moody is
expected to attend and will sever the
cord here that will open up the com-
pleted highwday. The highway will
sense that they are selfish in selling
goods without profit.”
Of the disappointing rewards of this
costly method of winning customers,
be finished about Oct. 20, and final Mr. Grant had this to relate:
arrangements for the celebration will | “We attracted the least desirable
time Spain was intensely interested i ** anntouneed later' Hebbronville, has j type of trade and the stores were so
in a. C,U, M,.i„ Th. sp.nia £££ “ifd i ^ .^*2*
x-ar:, £ ,rthi h,;us. *.
nn thp «nnHv hpn>>h nt Gnlvostnn «,ith h he> P d the r honey“ Laredo, at the R. E. Lee and Crumpler
point out that if the proposed rates
on manyfacturers go into effect the
purchasing power of the American
consumer will be seriously curtailed
and is certain to react to the disad-
vantage of the producers of fruits
and vegetables.
Practically every Democrat and pro
gresive Republican is supporting the
agricultural rates, but they are unal-
BUILDING ACTIVITIES . ,
DECLINE IN TEX VS kuccuined to the elements, while young
__ 1 er trees have grown up from their
Austin, Texas, Act. 1.—(Special to
Epco)—Building permits in 33 cities
of Texas reporting to the Bureau of
Business Research of the University
of Texas for August, amounted to
$9,802,000, against $7,834,000 in July
and $10,654,000 in August, 1929, ac-
seeds Lafitte and crew were picked
up by a passing ship and carried to
New Orleans. Lafittee having been
caused by the Spaniards to suffer so
much and forced to leave all that was
most dear and precious to him on
the little island in the gulf never for-
tural products but also for other com Qn amputation of the right foot. only a handful of pioneers. Here his | Upon their return> they wUl make
• ' 'However, his injuries were not as se- w,fe and ch,ld d,ed from e^ure and their home at Corpus Chri#ti.
Democratic and progressive sena-^ as th#t of Rodri(fUez. The iatter, w"! the island the °nlX
tors and congressmen, who have care- ^ a„ nj ht care jn Dr> Taulbee.s i*ady spot to be found and which to
fully analyzed the bending bill, point )of£ice afc Benavides> was taken to the ! this day is known as Lafittes grave,
out that it presents a grave menace- , #t Co Christi earIy It consisted of five oak trees of great
to agriculture, and especially to the j Mondav morld pge. Their great arms outstretched
producers of perishable crops. They ! J__ ' outward to the sky, for they too, have
weathered many storms and finally
hotels.
*>ce some young hopeful digging and
looking for the pot of gold.
There were many pleasant days ! ride around the city to see the won
example of cooperation, its citizens
have worked together to make it the
great success it is.
Supper at the Rice Hotel. Then a
crease^ extended V^rlcti'mllT anlcordin* to Bervard Nichols, editor of Hf*3 one fought was revenge,
practically
branches of agriculture as well as the
21,000,000 American workmen, whose
families provide the markets for the
growers of fruit and vegetables.
“Few farmers make any effort to
analyze the far reaching effects of
the bill,” was the statement of a pro-
gressive Republican senator in dis-
cussing the various schedules. “If the
bill passes in its present form the ex-
cessive increases granted manufactur-
ers and industry will create a heavy
burden on the American farmers and
consumers. It can have but one effect
.—to restrict the domestic market for
fruits, vegetables and other perishable
products, especially winter vegetables,
which are classed as semi luxuries.
No American workman is going to
deny his family shoes and clothing and
other necessities of life in order to
purchase citrus fruits or winter to-
matoes. If the prices for these neces-
sities are further increased, as will
be done if the pending bill becomes
a law, the average American workman
will have little left with which to
purchase these products of Southern
farmers which might be placed in the
semi luxury class.
“In recent years the markets for
fruits and vegetables have increased
rapidly. I believe that if the present
sates on manufacturers could be main
tained and the rates on agricultural
products increased to the point where
they would he assured the domestic
issued
the Texas Business Review,
monthly by the Bureau.
“Sixteen cities reported gains, one
was unchanged and sixteen reported
spent motoring around among all
these historic spots that abound in
Harris and Galveston counties, and
vacation time was drawing all too
soon to a close and as the junior editor
was to spend the winter with her
grandmother and aunties, etc, there
was much to do towards getting reudy
for school. The Brewer Key School
was in the junior’s district and so to
this beautiful building a gift of the
late Brewer Key, to the children of
and after struggling on for many Galveston,we went one bright Monday
years a roustabout, then black- morning. And what a gift, perfect lti ' But these lovely September mornings
smith, etc, he finally developed his
dors and beauties of this great elec-
trical age, and after swallowing the
big lump that just will come into
our throat we take our pullman on
the great Missouri Pacific. The con-
ductor calls A—1—1 A-b-o-a-r-d, more
good byes and the great Iron
Horse, pulls outward on the second
lap of the journey westward. Having
missed the S. P. which we usually
take we had to be up bright and
early the next morning to catch the
Tex-Mex at Corpus Christi to Laredo.
opportunity and became a soldier of
I,
, very detail. The building costing j are beautiful and the drive across
over $100,000 is perhaps one of th town at 6:30 a. m. was very pleasant,
losses,” Mr.” Nichols said. “Abilene,! fortune* out boats he finest if not the finest in the South.' Corpus Christi has grown consid-
Galveston and Wichita Falls show un-! Kathered a men about him and Modern and up to date in every re- erably since I was there last year, in
usual gains over those in August la«»t se* sad *or l**He island, that held «pect, and the bright happy shinning [fact all the way up along the Tex- ume.”
year.On the other hand, the losses hi* tre*sure. Here he established him- morning faces that greeted us could Mex there were many improvements
stopped. What was the result? We
had created a reputation for selling
certain merchandise that could not
always be bought again at the same
price. This tended to spoil the business
in our regular lines which we could
have sold cheaper if we had not lost
money on our specials. It spoiled the
customers’ appreciation of normal
merchandise.
“This actually hurt our business,
but it was more damaging to other
merchants who needed that business.
It was a blatant attempt to make the
public think we were giving greater
values than we really were. In plain
words, it was just pure ‘faking.’ Fur-
thermore, our actual experience is
that the greatest sales records in our
history have been made with relatively
few loss leaders.
“Our experience is that in stores
where we have hard sledding we hava
poured in specials and so affected our
profit that we have shown a greater
net loss with no added reputation. As
soon as our selling without profit ceas
ed our trade resumed its former vol-
were well distributed over the State.
Only $18,000,000 worth of construction
projects were let during August, a de-
line of 35 per cent from the month
previous.
j delta, and made a great fortune in
smuggling, becaming known as the
market, the farmers of the United pirate of the Gulf. The governor of
States, and especially those of the , Louisiana offered at one time five hun
self and made war on all the Spanish | not have been otherwise, with so much
merchantmen passing in and out of fresh air and sunshine, so much room tc some people’s way of thinking, but :
the gulf and on everything connected and such harmonious surroundings.1 everywhere, there seemed to be that
with Spain. He also established quar- The huge assembly room, which is [ strange feeling of expectancy that
ters at Barataria, near the Mississippi also the bym, etc., is the meeting place comes before a great development.
Things are progressing slowly perhaps HEAVY SHIPMENT OF
SULPHUR IS LOADED
OUT OF HERE THIS WEEK
South, would profit. But the pending
bill does not propose to place agri-
culture upon parity with industry, and
died dollars for his head, he retaliated
oy offering fifteen thousand for the
governor’8. For America and France
so long as this unbalanced condition he held nothing but love and we hear
exists the farmers cannot secure | of him throughout the Revolution of
maximum profits on their production, j 1812. Around New Orleans and also
The fight against the industrial j during the settling of the French and
schedules in the senate promises to ( American colonists around the Trinity
be the most bitter in history. Practi- rice, and for his kindness to them as
cally all farm organizations are lined they fled to his island in the Gulf for
up with the democrats and progressive protection from the Indians and Span
ir. the effort to establish parity be- iards, who claimed the country for
tween agriculture and industry, and the Spanish throne. His men finally
are meeting the active opposition of getting beyond his control and attack
first thing after the books have been
left in the class rooms and here with
songs and exercises and kindly talk while,
by Mr. Fendley the principal on
cleanliness, thoughtfulness and good
citizeiiship, the school day is begun
an 4 surely each little heart and each
And it’s a good country, as countries
go, with possibilities, for those w’orth
Eighteen cars of sulphur is being
loaded for shipment from Benavides
this week. The heavy loading and
shipment of sulphur is made on ac-
Hehbronville, the halfway station, J count of a ship at the Corpus Christi
seemed teeming with life, after the ! docks for receiving a large tonnage,
quiet summer spell. Automobiles The output of the Texas Duval Sul-
parked everywhere along its wide phur Co., will be enormous, already
little mind cannot but will to dc well. I main street, many new buildings a shipment of two thousand tons is
the industrial representatives. In the
event the pending bill is defeated, it
is probable that a straight agriculture
measure, such as was suggested by
President Hoover in his called for
limited revision to aid agriculture,
will be submitted.
ing everything in sight they were all
ordered by the United States govern-
ment to leave the island forever, which
they did in 1821: Going down to Yu-
A few days later we all motored
up to Houston for now with a good
concrete h’ghway, all the way Houston
is only an hour and a quarter’s dis-
tance at the least, away from Galves
ton, parting is easier if there are oth-
er things to attract one’s attention,
so after a pleasant afternoon's visit
to relatives and friends, the little
family party breaks up. The junior
editor motors back to Galveston and
the first lap of the journey westward
Is completed. Houston with its wonder
ful shops. Its fine Institute and lovely
catan where he later died. It is said j homes, its growing port and great
Lafittee buried much treasure on the 'railroad center is perhaps the largest
island, and one can still occasionally city today in Texas. Its a splendid'
having gone up during my absence. expected to go out of Corpus Christi
Laredo, at 1:30 p. m. What a change | docks,
in the train schedule. Houston, only
r.ow a night and half a day’s journey.
Clear across the great state almost,
yet some one said, things were so
dull. Well none are so blind as those
that won’t see. Seven years on the
border. We had no roads, and no
pavements then. It’s hard to believe,
as one looks around at the modern
progress at the new buildings, the
new hotels, the pretty filling stations,
etc., but it’s true and we are home
again, ready to take our place again
in the buoy workaday world.
The MADAM EDITOR
FINE COTTON CROP FOR
THIS SECTION OF STATE
Hebbronville and Jim Hogg county
have had an unusually good cotton
crop this season, 8,500 bales are re
ported to have been gathered in this
county so far and every one feel happy
ever the success of the crop this year.
The happy crowds enjoying the games
at the Fiesta, at Hebbronville teetify
to this, as the Mexicans particularly
are good spenders when they feel the
gold in their pockets.
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