The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1920 Page: 2 of 6
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THURSDAY. JULY 22.1920.
THE SPEARS CANDIDACY ONE
OF INCONSISTENCIES
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The inconsistencies of the campaign
being made by and waged in behalf
of Judge Spears for the county chair-
manship are not only appalling but
also mystifying.
Is it that Judge Spears is simply
trying to fool the people by leading
them to believe one thing when an-
other is actually true?
Does the San Benito man really
think that he can fly under such col
ors and “get away with it?”
Doesn’t he recall that “you can foot
some of the people some of the time
but you can’t fool all of the people
all cf the time?”
Ii) hi5 statement recently Judge
Spears would lead u> Jo believe that
far be it from him to countenance
the political methods of Judge Wells
He Writes “the Wells brand” “po-
litical! tutelage under Judge Wells”
“the too! or subordinate of Judge!
Wells” “the political dictatorship of)
Judge Wells” and ro forth and so on
and yet thv Wells organization tin
Wells newspaper organ the Wellr
wild heelers and others are support
mg Judge Speai?. Why? Is it a po
lit'ca* trick to retain the Wells power
through Judge Spears?
The fact* are all against the San
Benito man. Judge Spears conferred
with JuJge Wells before filing hi-1
application for .* place on the ballot
and th«;i retired to hi* farm. Why?)
Judge Spears did not come away
fion h’s t*im until hu» conference
with Jude# Wells’ in the latter's of-
fice in Brown-ville iuct before th»
announcement of Judge Wells with
drawa* Why? Wa* it a coincidence?
Judge Spears early in the spring)
refused so tak* up the people’s fight
for clean politics averting that h<
would not oppose Judge Wells. Hi
was urged by Mr. Seabury to beconi*
a candidate foi the chairmanship ami
refused to do so. Then at almost the
last moment he i> suddenly projected]
into the race.
Was tins too a coincidence? Judge
Wells twice previously ami one oi
the Wells men in an “open letter" i
authority for this— had offered to
resign his place in favor*of F. W-
Seabury. Bi lge Seabury refused t<
accept. 11“ didn’t want the position.
He felt that hit business required hi
attention.
The Seabury recoid through the en
tire proceeding is clean and clear.
And the Spears statement continue?
to run true to its riot of incon-
sistency. He takes a mild rap at the
pist political methods of Judge Wells
seemingly for effect. Yet we can’t
get away from the fact that he is ac-
cepting and receiving the support of
the Wells organization and the Well
newspaper organ. One can easily sec
that cur San Benito friend despite
his protestation.' of impatience with
the Wells methods has actually per-
mitted himself to be placed in the po-
sition of being made a tool of. In view
of aU the facts how is one to believe
otherwise ?
Ju-dsi Speais as.-ert^- no Browns-
ville nun is fitted to occupy the posi-
tion of county chairman because.
fSteoolh he may have been con
taminate 1 by association with Judge
Wells. Another strange assertion.
If Judge Spears was of the
opinion th it because a man re-
sided in Brownsville his political
rearing v.-g* so badly contaminated
that he was not fit for this position
then A by didn't Judge Spears assume
to himself his rights as an American
citizen; hi* right* as a mature man.
one never “convicted of a felony noi
laboring u«der any other legal disa-
bility.” and so forth and so on pitch
his hat into the ring declare for clear
politic* and make the race. Judge
Wilts er no Judge Wells? Why did
he’Slip in quietly at the last moment
after the Wells mantle had been re
jeeted by another man? Waf the
word passed to him that he could have
it for the diking? Did Judge Spears
actually v.ant it that way? Can it
possibly be true?
Judge Spear* in May we believe
it wa?. lefused to become a candidate
against Judge Wells. One clay before
the final f»l:ng<i*uv.« JamIS. Judge
jee^f though it did not become known
AN OPEN BILLET DOUX TO MR
HARBERT DAVENPORT.
Hon. Herbert Davenport
Brownsville Texas.
Dear Sir:
With reference to your very af.
fectionatc corn letter to Hon. F. W
Scnbury a c< py of which has Itcc.
received bv the editor of The M'ri'd.
permit us to ask you one question:
If Mr. Seabury is so totally unfit
lo hold the position of chairman of
the ccunty democratic executive com-
mittee as you profess to believe why
did Judge Wells who without doubt
knows Mr. Seabury’s record better
than any other man in the county
twice within the past two or three
months offer to resign the chairman-
ship in Mr. Seabury’s favor?
If there be anything against Mr.
Seabury's record that would unfit him
for the chairmanship the same cause
existed at the time when Judge Wells
tendered him the office.
Why did Judge Wells when he
knew that it was none other than Mr.
Seabury that had defeated him in the
Bailey contest before the democratic
primary convention of May 1 why did
Judge Wells we ask wire Mr. Sea-
’>ury and ask him to preside at that
convention which he knew would
turn down the Wells faction and Mr.
Bailey?
Can you explain away these incon-
.istencies?
Very truly
BROWNSVILLE HERALD.
P. S.—One more question. Could
you imagine a greater exhibition of
hypocrisy than such a letter as your
>pen letter to Mr. Seabury after de-
ivering a stab under the ribs con-
cluding with your assurance of your
personal fendness for the man whom
(ou wish to iniure? Pray tell us Mr.
davenport.
intil the Monday following June 21
vhen the county executive committee
net. When Judge Spears found that
Fudge Wells would be a candidate
vhy didn’t he withdraw his own name
f he did not want to oppose Judge
.Veils? Judge Wells quite probably
•xpected at that time that he might
>e forced because of the condition of
iis health to retire. Then was there
in agreement between the two which
vould "cinch” a place on the ballot
’or at least one of them? All indi-
cations point to one fact we now
ee: There clearly was a "deal” he-
wcen Judge Wells and Judge Spears.
Vhichever stayed in the race he was
issured of the support of the Wells
• rganization.
Judge Spears cannot deny that he
s today receiving the active support
•f the Wells organization and the
Veils newspaper organ while in his
lublished statement he professes to
>elievc Mr. Scabury unfit because he
vas once associated with Mr. Wells in
aw practice.
Judge Spears despite the fact that
;ou live in San Benito you've become
•ontaminated badly. You have been
urrounded by the Wells organization
fou will owe allegiance to the Wells
•rganization for if you are put
hreugli it» will ho the Wells or-
•anization that did it. Nothing else.
Mo more no less. Therefore Judge
Spears you will most certainly abc
"orced to carry out toe Wells policies.
!f you didn’t. Judge Spears your val-
ic as a county chairman to the Wells
faction—your political sponsors—
•vould he absolutely lost.
And yet more inconsistency. De-
pite this ring support. Judge Spears
bemoans the Brownsville vote. There
ire some nine hundred voters in th>’
•ity of Brownsville. And Judge Spears
ays that not one of them is fitted
►ceause of residence in Brownsville
o occupy the place of county <hair-
nan.
By what right does Judge Spears
isi'Unie for himself the authority to
iar any man from this office?
And yet we find that Judge Spears
vith the ring assistance wants to
ride into office with some of that
Tespised Brownsville vote?
Tell us. Judge Spears how do you
I .ret that way?
The Brownsville farmers in offer-
[ ng to pay $1.50 a hundred for cotton
picking are threatening to cause art
j exodus from Brownsville offices
I hanks business houses and manufac-
turing institutions into the cotton
fields. From $10 to $14 a day doing
nothing but picking little balls of
fleece out of little brown paper shells.
“Let’s go!”
Bill Pierson Bill Key and Bill
Hawkins are the three candidates for
'.he supreme court. If you vote right
you will vote for Bill.
1000 ACRES OF LAND
FOR KELLY FIELD NO. 2
>(IU The Associated
SAN ANTONIO. Texas. July 20 -
Purchase by the government of ap-
>roximately 1.000 acr« s of land in
KeHy Field No. 2 and Brooks Field
s officially announced. The cost was
$108000. Negotiations are reported
inder way for governmental pur-
•hase of an additional 1.200 acres in
he two fields.
Captain Erie Endc.% of the Judge
Vrivoeate department. Washington
vho handled the transaction just com.
i doted said he wav without official
nformation as to what military u»rg?
x'ould be made of the two fields- oth-
I er than that1 they probably would
‘Crve as air stations.
Brazil has a river from which it
is estimated that 20000000 horse
nower could be derived but it is so
.far from industrial centers that its
ftarnoaing 1 is mtf.; feasible unless
some means can he found for u*ing
^^^^ctnnty^ p r o d uced.
RIPPLING RHYMES
C? Walt M»»on
• GOOD CLOTHES
My heart is right but my pants are
wrong anl ! taka my place in the
has been throng. 1 fall in line at the
merchant's dui*r and* ask a job in his
useful rtorc; I need the coin and I'd
giadly tc: 1 until each finger has grown
a boil but the merchant looks at my
seedy shirt at my shoes all stained
with the highway’s dirt at my trouser-
loons with their bagging knee and
rays “Oh. fade front my doorway
please!” I’ve a willing heart I have
active legs hut my vest is stained
with the juice of eggs and my
whiskers leak and my hair is long
and so 1 trot with the has been throng.
Perhaps it’s wrong that the seedy man
can’t find a place in the caravan; per-
haps it’s wrong that he stirs our mirth
so we don’t notice his sterling worth
hut the world runs on in the same old
groove and it doesn’t change and it
won’t improve; at every turning its
signboards say that there’s no place
for the seedy jay. So I’ll buy a suit
at a princely price and then perhaps
I can cut some ice. With my whiskers
trimmed and my hair in curl I’ll sally
forth like a belted carl; no more I’ll
look like a gutter swab—and I’ll bet
a nickel I’ll get a job!
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ANGELICA
Angelica a name of much more
substance than the palid Angela is
still one of the “angelic names” which
feminine fancy delights to bestow on
its girl children. It means of course
“angelic” and seems difficult to re-
concile with the behavior of some of
the small daughters whom one finds
bearing the name.
Angelos was a Greek word mean-
ing “heavenly messenger” hence
“angel.” It first became a name in
the Byzantium Empire when it was
bestowed as an epithet upon persons
of surpassing beauty.
It was applied most often as a
masculine name and there was a Car-
melite saint called Angelo who es-
tablish it as a baptismal name. In his
honor the feminine also became pop-
ular and Italian history records many
instances of its use.
Angelica sprang t«» fame since it
named the fait hies lady of romance
for whose sake Orlando lost his hear
and his senses. Though she was the
invention of Boiardo and Ariosto the
romantic flavor which the story gave
her name brought Angelica to instant
favor. England liked the name and
adopted it. In Frame it became An-
gelique and Italy produced the other
forms of Angioletta and Anziolela
though Angelica continued the reign-
ing favorite.
Angelica’s talismanic gem is the
pearl. It guards the purity and sweet-
ness of her. bring her friends and
much charm. Sunday is her lucky
day and 2 her lucky number. Tho
wild rose is her flow er.
MACHINERY FOR ALASKA
PAPER MILL IS RECEIVED
<ftv The As'iM'iatfd I’p'ssi
JUNEAU Alaska luly 22 Ma
ehincry for Alaska’- fir t pulp an I p‘t-
per mill is reported on its way north
from th<- east. The new null is t<>
he built on tin1 Spool liver near here.
A sawmill is already at w<»:!. th*
ground cutting timber for the build-
ings and docks. Water power will be
used exclusively.
TRY A CLASSIFIED AD
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The Prairie Mother Says:
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“Mon •erm to think that love
should be like an eijlil-day clock
—a moment or two of attention
rewarded by a long week of u*i-
deviating devotion.”
$2.00
Bishop Print Shop
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CORK UPT PR A C TICES ACT
CALLED TO A T TENT ION OF
PUBLIC BY U. S. AGENT
I 1 ilk: 1 *
STATE TAX CUT
DOWN 13 CENTS
State Tax Board Finds E\>
penses Can Be Met by
the Reduction
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AUSTIN Texas July. The total
tax rate for this year which was fixed
by the state automatic tax board is
62 cents a reduction of 13 cents the*
j constitutional limit.
Despite the appropriation of over
'$7000000 made by the recent spot
! ial session of the legislature the tax
board found it possible to reduce thej
ad valorem tax rate from 35 to 22
cents a reduction of 13 cents o.*
l about 40 per cent. No chance wa
made in the rate of 35 cents for
schools and 5 cents for Confederate
pensions.
Governor Hobby is extremely grati-
fied over the condition of the state*
treasury \vhi<h permits a material cut
in the ad valorem rate. He mr.de t!u*j
following comment on the action of
the tax board today:
“The ad valorem tax rate for the
year in wh*rh I went into the gov-
ernor’s office had been fixed at 35
cents. It is indeed gratifying to fix
it at 22 cents a reduction of about 40
per cent for the last year of my term.
It is more gratifying to me too when
it is taken into consideration that ap-
propriations have been made out of
the general fund a follows: $4000-!
000 to be equally divided among the J
ehool children of Texas and increase
the teachers’ pay $2000000 for th.*
aid of rural schools whose facilitii
arc inadequate and supplemental an \
nropriation of over $1000000 for
higher educational institutions of tlv*
slate. The educational system of
Texas has been raised to a higher
standard from bottom to top and th
school teachers have been given a :-ub
stantial increase in pay. The splendid
condition of the state’s treasury ha
never been equaled before in the hi -
lory of Texas.”
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To prevent fires in motor vehicle
an automatic sprinkler has been in-
verlcd ro be mounted under a hoo 1
in such a position that it will spiny
the motor with a chemical solution
when it become. overheated and
null a fuse.
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E. II. Parker special agent of the ;
United States Department of .Justice
today issued the following:
To Tlie Public:
Your special attention is called to
the following act of congress viz:
“An act to prevent corrupt prac- 1
ticca in the election of senators rep-!
resentativea or delegates in congress:!
Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United
Stats of America in congress as-
sembled that whoever shall promise!
offer or give or cause to be promis-
ed offered or given or tender any I
contract for the payment of money 1
or for the delivery or conveyance of !
anything ot value to any person either (
to vote or withhold his vote or to vote
for or against any candidate or who- .
ever solicits accepts or receives any |
money or other thing of value in con-!
.side-ration of his vote for or against
any candidate for senator or repre-
sentative or delegate in congress at
any primary or general or special j
election 'trill be fined rot more than
one thousand dollars or imprisone1 j
not more than one ycai or both. Ap-
proved October sixteenth nineteen-j
eighteen.”
.\ll agents or the government in
charge ..re in.-tructcd to exercise the
utmost vigilance to detect any such J
actual or contemplated violations of ;
this statute and promptly to investi-
• te all \ of lee. violations called
to their attention and they are di-
rected further to give the fullest pos
siblc publicity to these instructions
and the United States attorneys have
been advised of these instiu: lions.
briefly and generally this act is
intended ti» punish one wht ever prom-
ises offers or gives or causes to be !
promised offered or given money or j
anythin? of value to any person t<> j
vote or withhold his vote or to vote j
for or against any candidate etc.
The act has two purposes: one to
protect the individual voter and the
other to secure honest elections. Thi;
construction of thT- act being correct
i follows that an attempt to control
the will of a voter whether success-
ful or riot is a violation of the act
and also that a conspiracy for thi
purm r is a violation of section
thirty .-even of the penal code in re
'..ard to conspiracies to commit an
' ff. • e avaiest the United States.
Any inftaction of this law should
b>* pr unptly reported to me by any
( tern and 4 bo mutter will receive
prompt investigate • 1 \ the d- part-
a.ent of ju lice.
E. H. PARKER
Special Agent U. S. Department
of Iu>tice.
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vacation. s
STATE BANK & TRUST CO.
Guaranty Fund Bank
MIRROR PLATING
Done Expertly in Our New Plant .
Do your mirrors need repairing? See us
OSCAR SOMMERS
Phone 674 1208 Adams Street
| PRESCRIPTIONS j
> Your care for your health prompts you to seek the skilled advice <
! an dexpert medical uttrii’ on of a reputable physician. You can af- J
• ford to be BO tel « reful in selecting your druggiit. '
\ QUALITY PLUS ACCURACY I
; is out watrhwor Tlr two eh mentx :n addition to pure drugs are ]
included in e\< ry pr ription wc fill. If you value these things <
J bring us your prescriptions. J
• WILLMAN’S PHARMACY I
| W. G. Wiilmxn 1 h. G. Proprietor j
Phones 40 and 5S. Brownsville Texas. X
»4444»»m»»»40400M>0
WE HAVE SOLD 10000 ACRES TO 400
FAMILIES WHO WILL MOVE TO THIS
CITY BETWEEN NOW AND JAN. 1 1921.
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We have built sixty-five miles of graded roads
and two large community houses and have es-
tablished a company farm on El Jardin tract.
Brownsville should cultivate and cooperate
with these new farmers and encourage them
in their new undertaking.
LONE STAR IMMIGRATION COMPANY
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THEY WORK FAST
and often gut away with it.
Don't underestimate the clever-
ness of the “yegg.” We don’t.
That’s why we are selling burg-
lary insurance and why you
should carry a policy if you
have valu.-blcs. Our policy
gives you full protection aginst
loss.
W. B. CLINT
208 Merchant*' National Bank
Building. Phone 8.
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I MEXICAN INN-CAFE ■
SPECIAL SERVICE FOR Ac.L
Merchants’ Lunch 30c. Club Lunch 35c. Dinner 50c. '
You will have to try one to appreciate them.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Houston Cafe
Twelfth Street. Two Minutes from Depot
BEST REGULAR MEALS IN THE CITY 3Se
Chop Sue y. All Kindt of Chinese end Americas Dishes. Bael
Service. Refined for Ladies and Gentlemen.
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