The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 190, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1922 Page: 2 of 6
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146 HEN KILLED IN
AMERICAN MINES
Toll Among the Underground
Workers In November Was
Heavy Says Mine Bureau
HIV The Associated I'rega)
WASHINGTON. I». < .. Jan. 4— In the
luonth of November. 140 men were killed
iu and about the coul mines of the Failed
States tct iir ling to report* received by
the Federal Bure.mi of Mine* from the
varioii* mine inspector*. The figure*
represent a decrease of .11 fatalities or
almtit 20 i er cent. a* compared with
fkovemlier. lii’JII in which mouth 197 men
Were killed in coal mines. Based up«n
an estimated output of 42.Hl4.iNMt short
tons iu November. 1921. the fatality rate
is 3.41 per million tons produced. The
•torresponding rate for November. 1920.
was 3.34 and the production <d coal was
3s.HSis.tMMt tons. The production of coal
during N< veuilter 1!t2l. represents a de-
crease of 27 percent.
Of the 140 fatalities. 103 were at bit-
uminous mine* throughout tin* eouutr.tr
and 41 at the anthracite mines iu I’enn-
sylvania. Fatal accident* at IVuii*> Ivan-
ia bituminous mines numbered 23. a de-
crease of 0 it; «-ompare«| with November
a year ago; there were 20 fatalities in
West Virginia a decrease of 0; 10 in Ill-
inois. a reduction of 2; lit in 4 a re-
duction _of 1; t; in Alabama a decrease
•tf 13; and 3 iu Kcutucky. a decrease of
e.
1 luring the lirst eleven months of the
year 1921 1.794 men have been killed
by accident* «t coal mines against 2.077
killed during the corresponding months
of 1920. a decrease < f ‘jrCI fatalities or
11 per ■•••nt. The output of coal for the
saute months was 137.239.4NMl short tons
in 1921 and 3S4.041.000 tons in 1924b a
decrease during the year of 127.3s2.OI 141
Ions or 22 per tent. These figures
represent a fatality rate < f 3.92 per mil-
lion tons in 1921 nud 3.33 per million
tons mined iu 1920.
ANTI-WHITE FEELING IS
GROWING IN AFRICA
WITHJ1LACKS REPORT
(By The Associated I*ress1
l/)MM)N Jan. J. Anti-white feeling
is fust increasing among the natives <n
various parts of Africa. states Kcuter’s
in an article “luised on documentary and
other evidence olitamed at first by an
authoritative British observer who lias
visited every part of Africa.”
•Heater’s informant emphasizes the
growing cohesion of native races through
out the continent. Il> say* the strongest
fa etor in the development of antagonism
to the whites is "skillful propaganda
fostered hy an extreme seel ion of Ameri-
can negroes ”
"Circulars coming from nationalist
sources in India and Kgypt and from
I 'an-Africaii societies in the I'nited
Flates. translated into the fix •• principal
African languages are distributed in
I enormous quantities throughout Africa.”
the traveler states. "Booklets of to
I{(i pages urge that the lime has arrived
for the black races to assert themselves
and throw off the white yoke.
"It is only fair to sax.” adds the au-
thoritative British observer "that these
are uot received with universal sympathy
hut the very unsettling effect is easily
observed.”
We have met it in the I'nion • f South
Africa in French Kquatorial Africa and
in a lesser degree in Fguuda. in Nyasa-
land. Belgian Congo. Abyssinia and Ken-
ya.
••It is wonderful the etxent to which
the war has prodiucd fraternal feeling
among the natives but in present «-ir-
cmnstatices they tend to become anti-
Etirnpean.” In* continues.
The main teas n is the growth of race
consciousness throughout the world.
“The most effective remedy is an e.piit-
pIdo sxsteo. f la»d tenure guaranteeing
to the native a stake in the country pro
lection from evicti* n hy his own chief
or local Ku rone a n interest and a system
of higher education that provides some-
thing more than the three H’s.”
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW
i ..
What a Heap of Happiness It Would
Bring to Brownsville Hornet.
Hard to do housework with an )
aching back.
Brings you hours of misery at
leisure or at work
If women only knew the cause—
that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys.
Twould save much needless woe.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for weak !
kidneys
Manv residents of this vicinity en-
dorse them.
Mrs. W. H. Nesmith. San Benito
Texas gays: “Mv hack ached dread-
fully and my kidneys acted irregu-
. arly. My back was so had that when
I stooped 1 could hardly raise up
again. I felt tired .and worn out all
the time and I had no ambition to
do anything I used Doan's Kidney
Pills on the advice of a friend and
after taking them for a short time
•my back got strong and my kidneys
again acted normally. ’
60c at all dealers. Foster-Mil- |
ijurn Co.. Mfrs. Buffalo N. Y.
NUT IS ONLY PRODUCT
ON THIS 57-ACRE FARM
lUv Tin* Ass<«-1at<*<l 1’resst
AMHE8T Ohio J:.n. 4—0. F.
Witte has *a fifty seven acre farm
here which is devoted entirely to
the raising of nuts. He has been
growing nuts for fiftv-two years. I
during which time he has defied oil
laws of nature and forced crops i
that thrive in Florida and Califor- |
nia to withstand the hard winter
months of northern Ohio.
£ Practicnlly every kind of nut that
I grows can be found on the Witte
* Jjpm.- Xfrif* IW®1 ^haauipts
Unique Plan For Raising Funds
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St. Bartholomew’s hospital London England enjoyed a decided
boost in funds on the last day of its recent drive through novel ef-
forts of Mrs. Montieth Gordon. Her scheme called for the auctioning
of ladies’ garters the sum paid depending not on the intrinsic value
of the garter but as you see above on the matter of fit.
English wplnuts Japanese walnuts
pecans Japanese heart nuts hickory
nuts and black walnuts among j
other varieties.
Road Bond Catechism
(Continued from Page One)
or any other territory including said
districts under said Chapter 2.
To issue more bonds there are
just two alternatives.
One is to raise valuations.
The other is to create the district.
Present valuations of the county
are $22544800.
To raise the $200000 proposed
l oud issue under the 15-cent tax j
rale as proposed in Chapter 1 would
require an increased valuation in the ’
county of $10606606.00 or a little
more than 47 per. cent.
Figure for yourself.
State and county tax rates are
based on the same valuations and
state tax rate is G2 cents. This
means that Mr. Average Man who
has $3000 worth of property as-
sessed would pay on the average in-
creased valuation 47 per cent or
$8.74 extra state taxes.
Also 47 per eent of the 15-cent
road tax*or $2.11 per year.
Or a total extra tax of $10.85 per
year on the “raise valuations” p’an
to raise the $200000.
Let’s now figure what the same
Mr. Average $3000 Man pays in
extra tax on the “road district’’
plan.
The valuations <in the proposed
road district so far compiled by the
assessor's office for 1921 are: $10.-
926800 with some acreage yet to
be figured out which should easily
make a total of $11000000 or
nearly one-half total for county.
The interest and sinking fund for
first year on $200000 5'V 30-year
equal serial bonds will be $17666.67.
Figure again for yourself. This
on $10926800 valuation means a
tax rate of 16 1-5 cents per $100
first year; or say 18 cents allowing
for delinquents which will decrease
each year by 1-30 of interest also
by fact that our valuations increase
about 10 per cent each year making
the burden on each individual tax-
payer that much lighter.
Our $3000 Man under the “road
district” plan would pay $5.40 per
year as against $10.85 on the
•*rai>e valuations’* /plan as *<lelin- |
quencies under either plan should
balance.
Dear in mind the “district plan’’ j
was carefully studied out by the di-
rectors of the Brownsville Chamber
of Commerce after hearing the
ablest exponents of the “raise valu-
ations plan” and after sending a
committee to Austin to confer with
the attorney general and after
hearing their report and after the
most mature deliberation said di-
rectors on December 6 passed a
resolution recommending the dis- j
trict plan to supplement the county
at large plan. This resolution was
signed by fourteen of the total fif-
teen directors of the Chamber of
Commerce and the commissioners’
court acting upon said resolution as
well as petitions of voters unani-
mously adopted the plan in the ex-
act spirit and letter of said recom-
mendation.
The Retail Merchants of Browns
_
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
6 Bella ns
Hot water
Sure Relief
ANS
254 and 75c Packages Ever/where
ville after even longer deliberation
have unanimously recommended said
plan.
Vet not a member of the court
nor a director who signed said reso- j
iution or retail merchant but pre- i
ferred to put the burden on the coun-
ty at large if reasonably possible.
Tomorrow'* Question
Tomorrow the following questions
will be answered.
No. 2 The cost to the individual
taxpuyei ?
No. 3 Lop Fresnos and other pio-
posed water districts?
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TAKEN TO CALIFORNIA
TERRELL Texas Jan. 4—Mont
Berg alleged bank swindler started :
for Loyalttfn California today in ;
th<« custody of the sheriff of IMumas !
* (
county California.
Fever and La Grippe. It's the
most speedy remedy we know
666 is a prescription for Colds
YANKS SEEK DUGAN IS LATEST !
RUMOR
Miller Huggins is now said to
be angling for Joe Dugan the
third baseman of the Philadel-
phia AthVties. Dugan is rated
as the best young third sacker
in the American League. He is
anxious to leave Philadelphia
and Cleveland and Detroit are
also bidding for his services.
4
’ . Charter No. 7002-*-Reserve pistrip^ N». jU { ^
Report of the Condition of
The Merchants National Bank
at Brownsville in the State of Texas at the close of huiinen
on December Si 1921.
RESOURCES
1. a Loans a$>d discounts including rediscounts except
those shown in b and c.$1036011.25
2. Overdrafts unsecured ...1. 3111.01
4. U. S. Government aecurities owned:
a Deposited to secure circulation U. S.
bonds par value ..$200000.00
b All other United States Government Se-
curities... 218266.00— 418266.00
5. Other bonds stocks securities etc.:. 13500.00
6. Banking house $65000.00; furniture and fixtures
$10000.00. 76000.00
8 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank. 87621.22
9. Items with Federal Reserve Bank in process of collection
(not available as reserve). 1743.88
10- Cash in vault and amount due from national banks. 468511.16
11. Amount due from State banks bankers and trust com-
panies in the United States (other thffn included in
Items 8 9 or 10). 86.460.82
13. Checks on other banks in the same city or town as report-
ing bank (other than Item 12). 4827.33
Total of Items 9 10 11 12 and 13. $561534.19
14. Checks on banks located outside of city or town of re-
porting bank and other cash items. . . .*.*. . . . 2592.97
15. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S.
Treasurer...... 10000.00
16. Other assets if any foreign money @ value..... 67367.72
TOTAL.$2275013.86
LIABILITIES
17. Capital stock paid in.$ 200000.00
18- Surplus fund . 150000.00
19. Undivided profits .$ 730.70
a Reserved for interest and taxes accrued.. 22500.00— 23230.70
20. Circulating notes outstanding.*. 2000004)0
22. Amount due to national banks. 31677.61
23. Amount due to State banks bankers and trust companies
in the United States and foreign countries (other
than included in Items 21 or 22). 56534.00
25. Cashier’s checks on own bank outstanding. 4483.77
Total of Items 21 22 23 24 and 25 $92695.38
Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to
Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days):
26. Individual deposits subject to check... 1076436.91
30. Dividends unpaid .'. 20240.00
Total of demand deposits (other than bank de-
posits) subject to Reserve Itt^nis 26 27 28
29 30 and 31.$1096676.91
Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days
or subjeet to 30 days or more notice und postal
savings):
32 Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) 508677.53
35. Postal savings deposits . 147.53
Total of time deposits subject to Reserve Items
32 33 34 and 35.$508825.06
36..United States deposits (other than postal savings) in-
cluding War Loan deposit account and deposits of
United States disbursing officers. 3585.31
TOTAI.*.$2275013.36
STATE OF TEXAS—County of Cameron:
I E. J. Tucker cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
E. J. TUCKER Cashier.
Correct—-Attest:
JOHN GREGG
W. G. WILLMAN
M. FERNANDEZ
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4t1k day of January 1922.
(SEAL) EVELYN RANDOLPH Notary Public.
RECAPITULATION
t
1
* RESOURCES
Loans and discounts .$1039122.26
U. S. bonds . 262.750 00
U. S. Victory bonds . 108516.00
U. S. certificates of indebtedness. 50000.00
Banking house furniture and fixtures. 75000.00
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank.r. 10500.00
Revenue stamps . 68.54
Due from U. S. Treasurer.$ 10000.00
Cash and «ith banks . 719056.56— 729.056.56
TOTAL.$2275013.36
_ ' .
LIABILITIES
Capital stock .$ 200000.00
Surplus and undivided profits. 150730.70
Circulation. 200000.00
Dividend No. 18 . 20000.00
Di\Aidenri unpaid ..•. 240.00
Reserved for interest accrued. 10.000-00
Reserved for taxes .. 12500.00
Deposits. 1.681542.66
TOT AI.$2275013.3*1
AT PUBLIC AUCTION
Metal and Woodworking Machinery Water Transportation Railroad and Con-
tractors' Stock ard Equipment New Material Lumber Supples. Miscellaneous
Equipment and Material* 17 Steel and Wood Buildings.
By Order dt DOULLUT A WILLIAMS SHIPBUILDING £0. Inc.
Valuation $2250000.00
Fitzpatrick.Till Auction Co.. Inc. Smith k Jaffa
Harry W. Fitzpatrick. Philip Smith Auctioneers.
Se'l by PUBLIC AUCTION Without Limit or Reserve
JANUARY Nth 12th. 13th and 14th at II A. M. Each Day
At Shipyard Ft. Downman Road on Industrial Canal. New Orleans. La.
9 New Steel Oil Barges. 2 twenty.ton 0. k S. Locomotive Crane* 5 Portable
Ship Cranes complete. 3 Sulivan Air Compressors. 2000 cubic ft. cap.; 4 Bab.
cock k Wilcox A.4T. 750 H.P. Boilers; 2 Tugboats 100 and 500 H. P.; New
Curtis Hydronlane; 16 Piiedrivers. complete.
MKTAI. AND WOODWORK I N<; MAPllINFKY. Radial Drill*. Universal
Millers sensitive drill pCTHsen. holt threaders tint tappers pin tiers turret Air
engine lathes. pi|»e lunehiues up to !l indie*. pouches k shears plate tables
strain hammer*. grinders countersinking machinery hull riveters hand swing
and tip saw® jointers saw filers and other w*«n dworking machinery. IS plate
angle furnaces.
W Motors. K Vlat t’ars. standard gauge. li ptisii cars.
- Steam and Hits Portable Air ('"inpresHora. Westinghoiise flouting Air Poin-
pressors • n barge.
Hoisting engines pumps floating pile drivers drop hammers.
Overhead and iih cranes steel tower and tanks up to fiOttflfl gallons.
I.inedu Portable Welding Machines pneumatic air drills riveting ehipping
and caulking hummers hose dollies riveting sets and tool re|mir parts M head-
ing slabs htdranlie jaeks. !tli and M toll acetylene welding ami cutting torches.
Hauck burners f.tl ehain hoists up to tl-tou cap.; high speed drills reamers
taps and countersinks vines blacksmith finds forges anvils etc.
Quantities of New and Used Lumker.
500 bur Rivet*. R Its Nuts. Steel Urns*. Popper and other metals.
Ship Chandlery complete in every detail.
Knormolts quantities plnmbing. steam fitting and electric supplies paints i
and oils.
Office Hospital and Pafetsria Fixtures ami Fi|ttii»menls.
1 cn International Time Recorders watchman’s clocks blue printing machine.
Mt H t >R PARS; Winton Six 7-pasneuger automobiles. Hrainio-Heriistein
5-ton. and Harford 1 1-L' ton tricks.
17 high grade Steel. Hriek and Wood Building* to be sold [or wrecking.
4tm tins t'rfi-lh. rail electric wire and telegraph pules water and air piping
fire hose tire extinguishers and other land improvements.
All wafer and rail facilities for shipping
.Bidding and Improvements Will Ba Sold Saturday .la”. '4th. at I P. M.
Shipyard ooan for inspection Thurs *»v Jan. 5th. coatiauiag daily to time
of sale. For catalogue and further particulars writ* or wire to
FITZPATRICK-TILL AUCTION CO INC 225 Royal St Naw Orlerns La.
r.MiTH 4 JAFFE 66 West 45th SJ N. Y. C . New York.
OOULLUT k WILLIAMS SHIPBUILDING CO INC New Orleaas La.
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State Bank & Trust Company
at Brownsville State of Ttui ot th« cIom of busioeos oo the 3l»t day
of December 1921 published in The Brownsville Her old. o eowspepev
printed and published at Brownsville Slots of Tomes oo the 4»h day of
January 1922.
■ . . -. . * s
RESOURCES
% •
Loans and discounts personal or collateral...fMi.idJ.49
Loans real estate . . 24370 99
Overdrafts.
Bonds and stocks . 249 99
Real estate (banking house). • *99.99
Other real estate* . 1*9.09
Furniture and fixtures . SOi.9#
Due from other banks and bankers and cash on hand. 2tf4** 44
Interest in depositors’ guaranty fund. 444119
Assessment depositors’ guaranty fund.. . 1344199
Acceptances and 4>ills of exchange!. None
Other resources \.
TOTAL.•421444 73
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in.f 1 §0000 0#
Surplus fund . 3t0®0 ©©
Undivided profits net . I.4M.W
Due to banks and bankers subject to check net. 56071 ©4
Individual deposits subject to check. 310565 14
Savings deposits . 10071.65
Time certificates of ^lepo.sit. 107477 34
Accrued interest on interest-bearing deposits.... 7000.0©
Cashier’s checks . 3.75141
Bills payable and rediscounts. Some
Dividends unpaid . 10100.00
Reserved for taxes . 5015.70
Other liabilities . Non*
TOTAL. fail.545.13
STATE OF TEXAS—County of Cameron:
We J. B. Scott as president and A. H. Fernandes as cashier of »at4
bank each of us do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the
best of our knowledge and belief.
J. B. SCOTT. President
A H FERNANDEZ Cashier"
Correct—Attest:
J. C. FERNANDEZ •
A. ASH HEIM
A. CUETO Jr.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of January. A. D It»-i
(SEAL) NHUMA POLLOCK.
Notary Public Cameron C ounty Trans
RECAPITULATION
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts .1564.371 4i
Stocks and bonds . SftfcM
Banking house and real estate.. . 9899.99
Interest and assessments in depositors' guaranty fund. 11113.71
Cash in vault and with banks .. 229411 44
TOTAI.9*21545 71
LIABILITIES
Capital stock . 9100.0*9 (Ml
Surplus and undivided profits. 23499.95
Reserved for interest accrued. 7.990 99
Reserved for taxes . 5915.79
Dividends unpaid . 19199 99
Deposits. 675919 99
TOTAL. „.tail.545 73
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How Twentieth Century Scientist* Have Rubbed the
Magi's Lamp and Made the Age-old Ifeeaa
of Alchemy Come True
I (Told W ei««t *hotcho«)
By JOHN RAYMOND
No. I
THE AGE OV CHEMISTRY
Within the last few years the world
has been electrified by the vast strides
made In the field or science by the
creative chemist- Indeed within a
generation the Influence exerted upon
the entire fabric of ogr civilization
from within the laboratory has been
so enormous that we are prepared at
last to accept the oft-repeated state-
ment that we have passed beyond the
sire of machinery and have entered
Into the more mysterious age of
chemistry.
What this new era ia to bring forth
in the way of scientific discovery rests
upon conjecture but certainly the
miracles performed In the last half
century have been sufficient to war-
rant almost any expectancy.
America has heard that Germany'a
chemists saved her from an early dis-
astrous defeat both In the field and
In the matter of obtaining -supplies.
Without the tremendous expansion of
her plants for the production of ni-
trates and ammonia from the air by
processes developed by her great
chemists the war. without question
would have ended years before It did.
as a result %>f the exhaustion at Ger-
many's explosives. If not from the ex-
haustion of her food supplies because
of the lack of fertiliser for her fields.
So great. In fact have been the ac-
complishments In the last few years
that scientists now declare that a na-
tion without applied chemistry will be
“defenseless In war and laggards In
peace."
Previously unheard of scientific feats
have been reported from the labora-
tory but because of necessity they
were performed so quietly they were
robbed of their glamor and their trap-
pings of romance while lemier achieve-
ments on tlie field of battle and In the
council chambers of diplomats have
I wen hailed by throng*
Tltose of us who
have left the elaas
room and the study
hall far behind find
It difficult lacking
technical knowl-
edge. to compre-
hend tilts swift
transition from
one era to an-
other. an amazing
period when lit*
nations of the
world are making
serious plans to
scrap their worth-
ies armies and
navies depending
for protection en-
tirely upon th«
subtle but deedit
l it cl eased by Tbs institute ei
a >
scene l«* devel-
oped secretly to
ihnniuai iabora-
tortes.
W« who are not
chemists hear
strange tale*
three Say*. ua
less strangr be-
cause they are
true of rubles
and amber orna-
ments of Ivory
shimmering ellka
colors of every
hue. and eaotie
perfumes — ones
thr precious cargo
of desert caravans
—produced from
a eubetance aa
ordinary as coal tar
Truly chemistry lias descended lade
the depths of the earth sad attracted
the secret Ur mu la of uatare. The
modern researcher by eenetaat dll*
genee and untiring e«ert. has M£-
fonned the mysteries which kept the
alchemist of other centuries grotang
In the dark and branded hha aa ewe
allied with the devt; htmeelf The #»•
searcher in ftndlng In seal tar. tort
only things of beaaty. but reiae#***
for moat ham an the. baa oebAreaawni
Uia alchemist by uansformU* a base
substance Into something xm mme
precious than gold
From
t?U*er.
royal
As
to say
from a
career
turtes we
accept these
know how
And yet there isry.
The succeeding ebee wtg shew
how the accidental discovery of ««
Kngiuh boy at work la a lakaratewf
in ltM started the deveiuMaeei df cre-
ative chemistry end will tell how tt
Is possible to prwdece a alto peraa a
buttle of perfume the enter* of U*e
rainbow a variety of artWsil. teed
■ tuffs and poiswos all Ins* ma gattm >
material »
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