Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 232, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1918 Page: 4 of 6
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CASTOR IA
Frr Infants and Clnldria
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always nears —^
Signature of
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.THIS REMEDY IS SOILD IN BROWNS-
VILLE BY THE EAGLE PHARMACY.
PHONE 2B.
wait. STEEL. BRICK. CONCRETE.
CONSTRUCTION
HILL WORK. WINDOW AND DOOR
FRAMES.
Mill Sth St. and R. R. Freight Yard#
SHARP SAND. CRUSHED GRAVEL.
H. L. FITCH
4ENERAL CONTRACTOR.
PH. 468. Box 562.
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PROFESSIONAL
• DR. J. L. RENTFRO.
Eye Ear Nose and Throat.
801-302 Merchants Bank Bldf.
. WM. N. SPOHN. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Geniteo-Urinary (Private) Diseases. ..
•fflco and Apartmnts: 1009 Washington St.
Phone 217—Day and Night.
JNO. M. ROWLAND
Attorney At Law.
Caldwell Building. Mission Texas.
H.I. KIRK
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
OaOy a. m. Cameron County Court Hoaoe.
City Office 1226 Elisabeth St.
Day Phone 405. Night Phone 815
Brownsville Texas.
LAWRENCE OLMSTED.
k OPTOMETRIST.
™ Wrong Side of Elizabeth St.
mcmncr i exas ana Nanonai upiometrical
Association.
AMOS RICH
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
212 Merchants' National Bank Building
Brownsville Texas.
|inn JONES & GEORGE
IP* * | ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Brownsville Texas.
Third Floor Merchants National Bank.
W. R. MONTGOMERY
Attorney-at-Law
President Hidalgo Guarantee Abstract Co.
Edinburg State Bank Building.
Bdinbnrg Tex. (County Seat Ilidalgo Co.)
k A 1 F. W. SEABURY
r Law Offices.
Rooms 5-9 First National Bank Bldg.
CMI Practice State and Federal Courts.
E. W. SLAUGHTERr
ARCHITECT.
McAllen - - - Texas.
BpeoiflcaUons and Artist* Designs for all
Class of Buildings.
Insurance
W. K. MENDENHALL
Room 23. Yivier Building. Phone 456.
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HAYS & SONS
ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS _
Oldest Established Shopin the Valley.
Our References onr Guarantees.
S —— - 04 Doir E1m( U. ManL BL._. pn
H|mn sli division in the Brownsville high
-chool yesterday afternoon entertained the
11ther pup.I- and leachers in the school
with a performance of the Spanish playj
”J(arnguux&.*' 'Ok* play staged under the
direction of Prof. Wiley Aiken proved
so successful that it will In* repeated in
iihout two weeks tor the Benefit of the;
Juiwor Wed ( loss. At the second perform-^
ihw the jHlhlie will In- inv.ted to attend j
Several Hundred Pounas of Wed Top
lane Seed at 13 cents. TexMex Trading
L'o. 1021 Levee.;
Onion Rrowe r# to Meet—Onion growers'
from all parts of the Lower Wio Grande
Valley will met with United States gov-
ernment ex|ierts at Mission on next Tues-
day night. Matters of interest with refer-j
cnee to market condit oils and the general
onion situation will he discussed during
ilie sessions. All onion growers are in-J
vited to attend the meeting.
Red Top Cane Seed—Only a lew hun-
dred pounds left for 13 cents. Write Tcx-j
Mex Trading Co. Brownsville.
Mail Clerks Examination—Th re wifi
he an examination for position as railway
mail carrier held on Saturday of next
week. The> |Mi-ition- pay an entrance
salary of $!>00 a year with excellent op-
portunity for advancement. The exami-
nation covers tests in spelling arith-
metic letter writing!* opyng and geog-
raphy of the United States.
Did You Notice the excellent tone of the.
piano used at the concert the other even-
ing. We have some more just like it at
Brownsv.lie Muse Company. We tune
them before delivery. Get our terms.
Many Get Free'Plants—K. K. Goodrieh.
who has I wen giving free tomato plants
to growers of war gardens said today
that many resident* of the city wen*
(danting tom Allies. Me estimates that
about 1000 plant- had been asked for.
Bx. 303. R. !. GUTIERREZ. Ph. 568
Painting Carpenter Work. Etc.
Office Opposite D.ttmann Theater.
Leaves for Little Rock—M. B. Coueh
of tlie t'nited States immigration service
leaves this afternoon for I£tle “tioek Ark. j
where he will attend the court martial pro-
ceeding' against Miehai 1 Kcllv charged
with desert on as a witness for the gnv-|
eminent. Coueh “na Idled" Kelly through
“playing” luiu following a chance meeting
in a movie picture theater in Rrownsville
about two months ago. Alter gaining the
man’s eouti<tenet* Kellev volunteered the
information that he wanted to get to Mex-
ico resulting u his arrest on a eharge
of desertion from the army.
Rice Bran and Molasses as Manufac-
tured by Us Is the Best Feed for All Stock
to be had today at prie<*s saving you from
*10 to $20 per ton over other feeds. Sin-
gle I tags tons or earliods. Communicate
with us before buying anv feedstuffs.
E. K. T. HOWARD & CO.
Owners of the Armadillo Mills.
3 25 12t
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county \coun Adjourns—Tin- -pring
term of the C’^meron county court ad-
journed today' after a three week- un-
eventful -e--ion. The term wn- devoted
chiefly to the settlement of civil eases.
Since the fall term when both the civil
and criminal dockets were cleared of all
old cases court se--ion> have been ea.-v
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for both judge and attorneys.
Parker Made Meat Inspector—city
Manager \V. K. Anderson ha- np|M)inted
J. L. Parker who is slaughter house in-
spector to the po-itioti of inspector of
meat.- and stands in the pnhlie market.
This addition to hi- dute- gives Mr. Par-
ker entire su|H*rvision of aiII meat- from
the time the live animal arrives ait the
-laughter pens until the dressed product
is sold.
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Examinations Completed—The teach
er- examinations that have been in pro-
gres- in the office of County School
Superintendent W. K. Jourdan for the
pa-t two day- were completed today.
Thirteen applications tor certificate-
took the examination.
tooTate TO CLASSIFY.
KoK KENT—Two furnished rooms with
hath for light housekeeping; one furni-hed
upstair- bedroom. 000 Wa-hington St. lit
WANTED—I want to buy team young
mules weight about 1000 pound- each. 11.
A. Cunningham Brownsville Texas- JO
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HARROW
Collars
±FOR SPRING
CftcO-lW*. CWPE'JWte
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PERSONALS
Lnxnrn Hinojosa ot* hiintlo i- among!
today’s visitor- in the eity.
Mr. and Mr-. I!. It. Clearv and
II. M teliell of La Kerin are in the eity.
tending the Intor-ehola-tie League meet.
Mi-- Flora Ladd ot Marl ngen Mi-s
Mary Cleary M;-- Ruth Kennedy of San
Benito. Mr-. \V. I*. Farr - «>t Lyford Mr-.
\Y. K. Foster Mattie Janie-. Charle- Rog-
er-. Raymond Rogers (leorge Ihinean.
Mi-- K. Flia.-on and Nora Payne <> f II nr-
lingen: Mi-- Norma Womaek of San P*«n
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into. Lue lie Well- of San Benito Mi--.
Lois Spear- and F. II. Brownof Marlin j
gi n are atf'nd ng tjie lut«r-ehohit-ri< I
League meet in Br«»wn-ville today.
J. M. Stein has returned 1<Al>e eit\ af-
ter an ah-enee of a month lir-Texa-. Ala-
bama and Ohio points.
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\Y. II. Kayuiofi'i Smith of Temple i~ in
the rity on hu'ine" today.
T M. Spearman of- San Antonio i- »
the eity on a business ini- -mh.'
la*s|ie M. Harvey of Dallas ha< teen a
visitor in M*e eity tor the |*a t two tin vs.
Mr ami Airs. W iliam S. Wuf»on of
\i‘w York are visit imr in the eity.
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R. T. Kavan.nijrh of Memphis is in tin:
eity on a business mission.
II. A. Carey of St. Louis is anions t**-
«lay*s visitors in the e tv.
W. .1. Park of Raymnndville is in the
eity on a business mSsjon.
Ralph Trejo of San Antonio is in th
eity on a business mission.
M ss Carolyn Rieh of MerroMes is in
the eity attemlimr the intetrseholastie
meet.
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Light Vote is Cast
In School Election
A- u-iinl in school elections a very
l'trht vote wa- heiny cn«t in ttrF MFFtlon
today tor the purpose of fitTrtJf Vftenneie-
on the Itrowiisville -eliool hoard. Tin* elee-j
* ion i- l«*iny held at tin* yniiiiinnr seliool
huildiny.
So tar a- i- known only three name- are
heiinr voted upon. If. H. Crcauer and W.
K. Mendenhall arc up for re-election and
the name nt l*\ \V. Seahnry has heen
placed on the ballot to till the vaeanex
caused by the death of K. A. Metiary.
I he poll- will remain open until 7
< "clock thi- evening;.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We wish fo advise the public that An-
drew Pappas is in no way connected with
the Manhattan Cafe same having been
purchased from him by the understgned
over a year ago.
GUST ALLIS.
TOM FARACLAS
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RAILROAD SCHEDULE
BULF COAST LINES.
KiiiUn and Brownsville-- jr ;
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No. 2. It. 0:00 a. m.
No. 4 It. 4:06 p. m.
No. 3 ar. 11:26 a. m.
No. 1 ar. lu:10 p. a.
«w Ferdy:e and Brownsville—
No. 7 ar. 6:0& p. no.
No. 10 It. 9:30 a. m.
* BIS BRANDE RAlfcNOAft. - — •
Brownsville— Point Isabel—
O. 9:00 a. m. Ar. 10:30 a. m.
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We have the larg.
j eat atock of print jj
paper in the Rio
l Grande Valley. jl
That means we give
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UTdAY DRIVr
FOR FUND FOR
NEW HOSPITAL
THREE TEAMS BEGIN WORK MON-
DAY MORNING IN EFFORT RAISE
$5 000 TO AID IN PROJECT FOR
THE LOWER VALLEY
$5000 IS AMOUNT SOUGHT
Bright and early Monday morning at
tiu* daylight saving hour «*t !*three
ti'Miin «t lirown^viilti hu-nn men will
-Inrt o«t mu tin- l<r*o-h*g (»! a fen days
drive to rniM' sVHKl among Brownsville
|H*o(»le ior the |>ro|m-ed Merey lio-j*ital.
While S5IMUJ i' the millimum amount
nought in the dn\e. an effort will he made
to • xeeed that figure it jM»7>dde.
Iuomko morning. jtcrnap- m*lore then
there wi.1 ht erected at the corner ot
"iwehth and Klizaheth street- \ n I lie
tini-* Honor Bunrd park a jaunt wheel
or disc which will reeord the pro^re— ot
tl»e drive hv hundred- ..nd thousands ot
doilar- tlie highest tiu'tir" to he shown
Ihuiijc sIimmiO. The but dial will reei nl
the umoimt in thousands and the smaller j
dial the additional hundreds.
A- ha- already been announced the
effort to erect a hospital ade<piate to
the need- of Brown-ville and the Lower
Kio (irande Valley were inaugurated hy
Mr-. Acne- A. B ’ u«> ot tin- city in Fc »
ntary and -he ha- enlisted in it- -upport
(iflieer- and member- ot tite Brownsville
Kotary t luh. who an takini; an active
and prominent part in the campaign. It
i- pi*opo-ed to erect a huildititc to co-t not
Ic-- than s lo.uoo the -ite to be dona-
ted perhap- by the Stillman estate which
i- now -aid to he eoiisidcrinjr proffering
a -ite valued a( not than .f-O.iHH*
which would brim: the total value of the
project up to -Oh.non. of tin- amount
Brownsville i- asked to rui-e only
The Valley town- it is under-tood will
donate up to SlO.ntM. and Mr-. Browne
ha- agreed to obtain the ha la nee ot
-Jo.non through other r< -ource-.
A tinal determined eflort to raise tin*
anxMint -ought wa- taken ye-terda\ atter
noon with the literal “kidnapping** of a
lia f dozen Itrown-ville hu-ine— men who
wer. taken one by one to the I 'Ik- Club
where a Minting of the oampaign eom-
luittee me a da* r- wa- held in the lute at-
teniooii and the general proposition dis-
eu-sed along xxith plan- lor it- attain-
ment. The meeting xva- enthn-ia-tie. and
I). L. Spero. general ehaiminn in the
eumpuign -aid following it that he be-
lieved there xx ill he no diftieiilty xvh.it-
exeri n rai-ing the amount -ought. I| is
tfit that the figure. .faObO -hou Vl not Ik*
diftiealt in -eenring. It xva- deeided to
aeeept either ea-h or notes and l.iberty
]’mid- are al-o aeeepiable.
"You might -aid Mr. Spero. “that
our eitir.en- have a ehaiuv to kill two
bird- xx itb one -tone by buyng a I.ilierty
Horn! of the third loan end turning it
over to th. oommiltee in lieu ot ea-h or
note-. Arrangement- are being made to
handle the fund to meet exigencies of the
moment. The committee i- determined to
mg rest until it ha- accomplished tin* pur-
pose it lias -et before it-<*lt .**
The genera! eoinmittce has been divided
into three team- a- follow-:
Kir-t T«am—dos«. Martinez. captain;
Manuel Ite-tciro. Antonio Alon-o. (leoigt
If. Murphy and David .1. Noting.
Sgeond Team.NY. K. MeDavitt cap-
tain-. Cbarle- lliel-elicr. (leorge Motion*-
/ie. S. C. Tin ker and E. It. f alidade.
Third Team— J. S Kowr. captain*
A. ltrowne. <5. E. Dodd. W . TI. Mason.lr.«
Ellis Chaney and S ri* Dell. Jr.
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I ITS BAD POLICY
■ To use inferior roofing it may .'.eem
B economy but it’s not. A-k u*aabout our
V many Kin• i- ol prepare*! roofing.
B FRONTIER LUMBER COMPANY.
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THE BILLIARD ACADEMY
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BILLIARDS — POCKET BILLIARDS — DOMINOES - GYMNASIUM AND
f SHOWER.
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“Mike” Manahan Proprietor. 1219 Elizabeth Street.
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I HOUSTON CAFE
TWELFTH STREET. ACROSS TRAVELERS’ HOTEL
Best Regular Meals in the City 35c
CHOP SUEY. ALL KINDS OF CHINESE AND AMERt&ft DISHES. BEST
SERVICE. REFINED FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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/~\More Permanent Walls & Ceilinds I
t°Z BEAVER BOARD
You ran have walla and ccilinn that at* yirts*
fi'TTBsrrnt as the woodwork and hardwood naors
nstrad of using plaster that invariably cracks sad
often fails select Beaver Board and you II n*v«»
l.r.vc the )ob to do again You’ll stop all wall paper
expense and have a nch sanitary finish for U sJla
and Ceilings that will be an endleas source o*
satisfaction. Let’s talk ever tins home build**
proposition soon.
EAGLE PASS LUMBER COMPANY
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Brownsville. Texas
WOOD -COAL-STORAGE FEED
GENERAL HAULING
MASON TRANSFER GO. MASON GRAIN CO. PHONE 139
Everett
M. C.
No. 78198
A $5000.00
Beauty
• Thi- i- a )M*rtWt picture of tin* fine-t
pure-bred IVreheron -t;d!i >n ever -hipped
to/fexas. Hi- eolt -how u I1 be at Marl 11-
pen Texa.- on the fir-t Monday in Feb-
ruary. 1920 ai.d on the lir-t Monday in
February eaeh year thereafter. Cash pre-
mium- will be paid. First -sr»0.0O; -ccotii!
$25.00; third -la.iMt; fourth. $10.00. I
make a -tandnip ea-h otter “repardle-- of
dam** of $200.00 fur the best mare < oit
shown eaeh year. Breed v<*ur suit ami
1000-lh. mare- to llii- horse and raise
somethin;: fine. Win a premium and a
ehiinee to -ell your eolt for $200.00.
Hi- Breedinp:
PERCHERON SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Incorporated under the laws «f tin* -tat.*
of lilino;-. Approved by poveruiaent ol
United States.
CERTIFICATE OF PEDIGREE.
We hereby eertify that the IVreheron
stallion. Everet M. i- reeorded by the
iVreheron Soeietx <>t Ameriea and that hi-
rccorded number i~ Tsitis.
Color and deseription—Bluek -mall
star: little white on ripht hind ankle.
Ped’prei—Koahil May 29. 1910; bred
mid owned by (Juv tollman Verona Ill-
inois.
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Sire— IJo-cih* L. 51G15. hv fTcreulen-
21591. hv P.irfait 111 10727 (12939) by
Saint (iermain 9252 (4315) by Avata 196G
ji912) bv Nugent 73S (729) by Yodocq
! (7.32) by Cneo II (714) by Vieux
:1 'luislin (713). by Coco (712) by Mignoa
| (715) by .lean Le B'anc» (”39.) *
Dam—Highland Blossom 19GG3 by King
<«t II "bland 19341 by Scheret 8948
(15793) by King of Perehe 4975 (6738)'
by Clicri ((*111). by Favors 999 (725) by
I .ivori I (711) by Yieux Clmslin (713)4
■ by Cheri (9441) by Favoru 996 ( 725) by.
I Le Plane (739.) j
Second Dam—Pansy Blossom 9811 by*
Milan 4524 (393) by Brilliant 1271 (755)
by Brilliant 1S99 (759) by Coro II (714)^
by \ ienx Chii-'in (713) by Coco (712) by)
Mi .-non (715) by Jean la* Blanc (739.) ’
Third Dam—Pride of Sartlie 1741 im-
ported 1>S1 by Wallace Libby Ottawa*
Illinois. . **
in witness whereof we have hereunto!
al l xcil the -**iiI of the society.
Dated at Chicago lllinios this twenty-#
eighth day of July nineteen hundred and?
eleven.
II. <5. M MILLAN President.
WAYS’K D1NSM0KE Sw’y
MASTER WILLIAM
A Jack of Fiae Bone and is a Fine Breeder
Season any day of the year that suit- j
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Terms: Stallion. $25.00 insured in foal:
Jack $ 12.50. insured in foal.
»'.Lien* retained also eontraet note re-
Iflnred date of servim.
Surviee lees heeome due and payable at
rtnln- if nnre 1- -Aid or moved from viein- .
ity where owned when bred.
Not ye>|Minsilde tor Heel dents hut rare
w*.HJ>e taken to prevent thorn. Mare from
a distanee will lie eared for rea-onab'e.
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TI TXT TX T nn«l ill) exceptionally fine big
Jr JCrfJ^t^XIrf X DUXiJL lellow. Service ea-h. 90 per cent
of foi* yal\ e* arc heifer*. All who get hull ea’ve«. cun brcul hack at half price
OWNED BY FRANK I. WELBORN HARLINGEN. TEXAS. SERVICE AT HIS
FARM 2 1-2 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOWfl.
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