The Mercedes News (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 88, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 25, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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I. C; C. Hands Down
Important Decision
On Icing Shipments
South Texas Chamber
Advises Of Repara-
tion Fund
U. S. Pawkett, traffic manager of
the South Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, has just called the attention
of the shippers of the Valley to a de-
cision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission that is very important
to all shippers of this territory.
The decision was the case of Mor-
ris Gofnick against the C. R. I. & P.
Ry., which involved refrfgeration
charges collected on mixed carload
of carrots, parsley from Mercedes to
Minneapolis on which standard re-,
frigeration charge of $90 was as-
sessed.
It seems that the shippers ordered
furnished, car containing 10,500
pounds of ice in bunkers and that
after the car had been loaded, ship-
pers placed 2,400 pounds of ice in
the body of the car on top of the
shipment, and gave bill of lading
instructions to carriers: “initial ic-
incg, do not re-ice in transit.”
The carriers did not obey these
instructions but re-iced the car at
Alexandria, La., and assessed full
refrigeration charge of $90 which is
in accordance with requirements of
the Perishable Protective Tariff.
The Commission, however, took
the view that under the perishable
tariff charges for the service ship-
pers desired should be $23.63 for ic-
ing bunkers, plus $18 or $41.63 in-
stead of the $90 collected. The com-
mission went further to say that
transportation charge should be
$26.16 which should have been as-
sessed on the 2,400 pounds of top
icing, making a total applicable
charge of $67.79 instead of $90.
This decision establishes two prin-
ciples, one where shippers call for
initial icing and place top icing them-
selves with instructions not to reice
in transit, carriers may not assess
full standard refrigeration charge
and the other that it is proper for
carriers to assess freight charges on
weight of the top ice at the feame
rate as charged on shipment loaded
in the car. Reparation was award-
ed on that basis, shipper being given
an order for $22.21.
If the principles established in
this order are not reversed, it will be
necessary for shippers to very care-
fully go into the matter of refrige
ration where standard refrigeration
is not desired to see whether initial
icing, plus cost of top icing and
freight charges thereon will not ex-
ceed the stated refrigeration charge.
Shippers Advisory
Board To Hold 19th
Convention At Dallas
The Southwest Shippers Advisory
Board will hold its nineteenth regu-
lar meeting in the Baker Hotel at
Dallas on September 27. The meet-
ing will be open to the public and
all shippers and receivers of freight
are urged to attend.
Reports will be received at this
meeting from chambers of com-
merce, representing all major com
modities manufactured or produced
in the territory and railroads out-
lining business conditions through-
out the Southwest and also giving
estimates of business for the last
quarter of the current year.
Following these reports there will
be general discussion of related mat-
ters by leading industrial and rail-
road executives and representatives.
There will be no set speeches during
the session as the entire time will be
taken up with regular business and
docket subjects.
The meeting will convene at 9 a.
m. and continue through to conclu-
sion about 1:30 p. m. H. G. Taylor,
manager public relations section, and
L. M. Betts, manager closed car sec-
tion, car service division, American
Railway Association, Washington,
will attend the meeting and give an
outline of advisory board activities
and of 'transportation conditions
throughout all of the United States.
A joint conference of the executive
committee of the board and of the
railroad contact committee will be
held in the afternoon following the
board meeting to discuss various
questions of mutual interest between
the shippers and the railroads.
The officers of the board are:
General chairman, W. M. Maddox,
assistant traffic manager, Magnolia
Petroleum Company; Alternate Gen-
eral chairman, F. A. Leffingwell,
secretary, Texas Industrial Traffic
League; General Secretary, A. J.
Stone, manager transportation de-
partment, Dallas Cotton Exchange,
and assistant secretary, C. P. Was-
son.
PHOTOS OF STRICKEN PORTO RICO
No wonder babies are out of date.
Who could manipulate a can opener
while holding a baby on one hip?
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<TWO SOLDIERS
By Ruth Alexander Shannon
The Big Topic of the day is centering on the meeting of the great body
of valiant men who go into the making of the American Legion, the
combined tread of whose feet will rock old San Antonio from the deep-
bedded foundations of the historic Alamo to its remotest development
additions which are springing up like toadstools from the very turf where
Santa Anna’s soldiers met defeat in victory.
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Here are authentic photos of devastation caused with a searcher looking for bodies; center, a wrecked
■* x• .£ i t>* t i • • • pier in harbor; below, 1. to r., one of towns principal
in beautiful Porto Rico by hurricane now raging m Jepartment st<;res af{er storAi subsided, and awning
Florida and Georgia. At top, debris m San Juan street torn away from federal post office.
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of approaching bu-
gles and the muffled
roll of drums, there
comes to me the pic-
ture of two soldiers
who will not be
there amongst their
buddies. One, be-
cause the sheltering
arms of the stately
elms in East Hill
Cemetery of the Lit-
;le Town back home
are w'aving gently
where he “Sleeps
and rests on this
field of grounded
arms”. It will be a
brief and simple
story, simply told,
to be read perhaps
and laid aside by
some as a matter
of course tale. Oth-
ers may appreciate
the significance of
the part common
soldiers played
amongst the m i 1 -
lions in making the
World safp, and the
effect of patriotic
ancestry which
leaves its imprint
from past genera-
tions.
I knew this sol-
dier during my very
first experience of any moment on
a newspaper. He w'as not a soldier
then—merely a printer and mailing
clerk. A cog in the shop’s force.
Now this paper was called, in the
parlance created by custom, by vari-
ous appellations. By some it was
knowh as the “Old Home” paper. By
others, a “County newspaper,” and
too, as the case applied, the “County
Seat” paper. It was all of these,
and more; for at its helm was the
Grand Old Man whose heartstrings
were so tied to the Little Town, and
whose very being and every heart
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BIG GEORGE” AND “LITTLE IRA’
throb were so bound up in its in-
habitants and all their doings, that
he refused to leave for pastures
which might have been greener, and
where he could have become a power
in any environment. Yet, if the
larger cities did not attract the Old
Man, his wisdom and far-sighted-
ness reached through the town, out
into the country lanes throughout
the county, then across the state,
and were reflected many times and
in many ways in the very Capital
itself..
Unostentatious he was, a slight
Large Delegations j ?o
o p ‘ Blocks Completing
Due at Fair From Very Large Program
8 \A7A T'pYflQ 1 itlPQ At the present time there are 31
iWU ICAaO vlUICO blocks of paving being laid in
Donna, according to J. W. Osborne,
secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce. This amount, when complet-
ed, will bring the total of paving up
to 100 blocks within the city limits
of Donna.
Installation of new water mains to
replace the old mains which would
not pass the requirements of thl)
State Fire Commission is progress-
ing rapidly.
Under the leadership of the pres-
ent city administration, Dr. N. O.
Gerald, mayor, and Commissioners
Joe Powell, and J. T. Sellers,' x’apid
strides are being made in civic im-
provement, and close observers be-
lieve that Donna will be the next
Valley town to undergo a sizeable
growth.
New paving and water mains are
opening up a great deal of undevel-
oped residence area.
The entire vacant lot area of
Donna has been cleared of woods and
rubbish. A motor street cleaner is
in operation regularly over paved
streets, and power graders keep un-
paved sections smooth and in proper
drainage.
December 1 Designated
As Houston and San
Antonio Day at Fair
Letters have just been received
by the Valley Mid-Winter Fair of-
ficials from the San Antonio and
Houston chambers of commerce ad-
vising that those two cities were
sending a large delegation to the
fair on December 1.
This day has been set as San
Antonio and Houston day, as well
as Missouri Pacific and Southern Pa-
cific day. Porter Whaley, manager
of the San Antonio chamber of
commerce, and Col. Ike Ashburn,
general manager of the Houston
Chamber of Commerce, both express
themselves of being in favor of op-
erating a special train from each
city on that day since this is rail-
road day, and quite a number of em-
ployees from each railroad, and the
business men from each city will
want to visit the fair.
The association feels sure that the
Valley will be visited by the largest
delegation on this day that they
have ever had from these two cities.
A letter has been received from O.
P. Gresham, chairman of the con-
vention committee of the Texas Ed-
tiorial Association stating that he
feels sure that the dates of the TEA,
which have been set for one week
ahead of the Valley fair will be
changed to the same as those of the
fair in order that the delegation
to this convention, which convenes
in San Benito, may visit the fair one
day.
The fair is making every effort
possible to have these dates changed,
as it feels that it would be very
highly honored to have these distin-
guished guests at least one day.
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Sopac Will Have
Special Legion Train
The Southern Pacific lines will
run a special train from Valley
points to San Antonio for Legion
men who desire to attend the na-
tional convention in that city.
Especially attractive rates have
been made for this trip.
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All men are inclined to yearn for
wealth, but some of us have greater
yearning capacity than others.
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ANNOUNCING A GREAT
2 Day^B
DEMONSTRATION AND SALEN
of Pee Gee Paints
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OCT. 5-6
25% off
25% off of the regular retail puice of the finest paint—
Pee Gee—which wears longer and covers more surface,
than ordinary paint......brings the GREATEST
PAINT SAVING TO YOU IN OUR HISTORY. This
means you save 14 the cost of painting your home ex-
terior, interior or its furnishings.
A Peaslee-Gaulbert representative will
Jm put on the most interesting demonstra-
DEMONSTRATlON tion of Pee Gee Products you have eves’
Donna System May
Vote Bond Issue
To Concrete Canals
Fpllowing the example of the
Pharr-San Juan and the La Feria
irrigation districts, Donna has start-
ed a movement to have the entire
canal system concreted. Pharr-San
Juan recently voted a $3,000,000
bond issue for that purpose and the
movement to vote a bond issue in
the La Feria district is well under
way.
It is estimated that it will cost
$1,350,000 to concrete all of the
canals in the Donna irrigated dis-
trict and install a hollow tile irriga-
tion system for the city of Donna,
Which is a part of the irrigation
district, and whose property owners
pay an irrigation bond tax for the
maintenance of the existing system.
Opinions of officers of the system
seem to be unanimous that concret-
ing the canals would materially
benefit the land and the service and
meetings are expected to be called
throughout the district in the very
near future to further the move-
ment.
The swords won’t be beaten into
plowshares while there’s a 20 per
cent dividend on munitions shares.
seen.
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See our windows—come to the store Friday and Satur-
day—save money and be enlightened by this wonderful
demonstration.
MERCEDES LUMBER CO.
Mercedes, Texas
iigure sirring ar ms piam uesK wnere
with his feet up-tilted from his chair
and a villianous black cigar up-
angled from his lips he would fasten
his keen black eyes upon the bare
white Walls and like a Tony Sarge
mentally pull the strings of marion-
ettes until they danced or marched,
leaped and functioned, or else died
a natural death; but never at his
manipulations from ulterior or base
motives.
It was a familiar saying through-
out the state that our Old Man con-
ducted a kindergarten in the news-
paper world, for throughout past
years many who had come to learn
under his thorough discipline and
methods went out to find themselves
in these same pastures green that
he himself denied. One became a
paragrapher of national fame; an-
other a feature writer of recognized
ability; and again, an expert ad
man, and several editors who have
since met with signal success. His
interest in each was a personal in-
terest, and while cussing the fact
that when he got his employes
where he wanted them, they always
picked up and left for some Big
Time paper, he felt a lasting pride
and joy in their ventures and none
offered more help or encouragement
than he. If one failed to land after
years under the Old Man’s tutelage,
like the versatile, if erratic Princess
Bibesco, he had “only himself to
blame.”
So to this office I came, and
shortly afterward came Big George.
He was only 19, but measured six
feet three, and weighed around 290.
Consequently, George was slow and
plodding, but he was serious, a hard
Worker, and always stuck with a job
until it was finished. A printshop
sometimes makes strange bedfel-
lows, and across the cases from Big
George who had of course to stoop
low while at work, could be seen the
face and chin of “Little Ira,” whose
body at eight years stopped growing
for reasons known to modern
science, but whose brain developed
normally and was so keen and acute
in perception that when he finished
school he too, drifted to the print
shop, a young-old person of 21,
whose energy and faithful pursuit
of his duties was the mainstay of
his widowed mother.
In my line of endeavor during the
week I wrote my column, dug up
society functions, and ran down
items which was an unpopular part
D1 my JDU, WIG «J UlllDi JLiiLU/Ui ai/i/coir
ing thereto in his repeated admoni-
tions for me to “Crack down on the
short locals!” Toward the end of
each month after the books were
posted and the bills made out, there
was the freedom and diversity
which the mailing room afforded in
my performance of minor chores
connected with the distribution of
various publications.
Here George and I worked side by
side, and I thought it strange that
a boy of his years should look so
little toward the future. His con-
versation always hearkened to the
background of his Grandpap’s vali-
ant deeds performed in the War be-
tween the States, which, not to be-
little Andy Lyman, were doubtless
magnified and exalted in his grand-
son’s eyesv George was always at
his best as a conversationalist when
the mailing wraps were laid before
him and With the mailing machine
he could rythmically space his
words.
Now everyone in the County knew
Andy Lyman. He was a slight, erect
little figure, God-fearing in princi-
ple and good works, and the fires of
patriotism that ever burned in his
bosom gleamed from his fading
eyes. George’s father was a nur-
seryman, and his mother was “Ret-
ty” to the neighbors, and Grandpap
made his home with the family, his
own helpmate of years having been
called to her reward. Andy Lyman
represented that type of good citi-
zen and patriot who could always be
depended upon. On Decoration Day
he carried the Flag, and on the two
days when annually Old Soldiers
Reunion rolled ’round, he could al-
ways be found hovering around the
great black bean pots with a laddie,
or dipping into the seething cald-
rons of black coffee that he might
serve the multitudes and help make
the grand and glorious occasion a
success. And George was the apple
of Andy Lyman’s eye.
“Now take my Grandpap,” he
would begin, then launch forth into
the tales upon which he had been
fed about Shiloh or Missionary
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Everyone Has Confidence
In Mercedes
We all know Mercedes will grow and become
each year more prosperous. With ambitious,
hardworking people, in a fine country, with able
merchants and sound progressive banks, we can
expect nothing else.
Behind the prosperity of every community,
however, is the well-being of the principal mass
of the population. In Mercedes’ instance, that is
the farmer. As the farmer prospers, so will
Mercedes prosper. •
With co-operative methods and the right
kind of business management of his farm, the
Valley offers the farmer every inducement.
H. B. SEAY
President
8. H. COLLIER
Active Vice-President
JOHN C. JONES
Vice-President
JACK TROLINGER
Cashier
O. W. DUBE
Assistant Cashier
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The Mercedes News (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 88, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 25, 1928, newspaper, September 25, 1928; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth651706/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.