Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1924 Page: 1 of 10

                                
THE RAYMONDVILLE, LYFORD AND SEBASTIAN TERRITORY
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF
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(FORMERLY THE MAGIC VAL LEY NEWS)
RAYMONDVILLE, (COUNTY SEAT) WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 10th, 1924
Volume 7 No. 2
Lyford New High School
Raymondville Defeats Champion
Basket Ball Team of The Valley
Is Now Completed
FREEMASONS SEND CRIPPLED
CHILD TO HOSPITAL
RAYMONDVILLE CITIZEN PASSES
Away at hot springs, ark.
It is with sadness in our heart that
we report the death of one of Raymond- f
ville’s substantial citizens, Edd Quinn.
Mr Quinn was one of our loyal friends
and in the short time he was privi-
ledged to live here, made friends with
in con-
f'4%
Hf
everyone with whom he came
tact. He had been ill for some timo
and left here about three months ago
for Hot Springs, Arkansas, with a hope
to regain his health.
Mr. Quinn died at Hot Springs after
a three months ^struggle for health,
passing away at 4 p.m., Jan. 6th.
He was born at Elkader, Iowa, Mar.
22nd, 1867. After graduating from
public high school tlierd, he went out
West, then out to Honolulu and South
America and before coming to Ray-
mondville in August 1922, was a gov-
ernment employee of the Panama Canal
for 17 years in the capacity of Property
Clerk of the Mechanical Division. Re-
signing from there July 1922. His
father and mother were natives of Ire-
land and were among the early settlers
oi\ Elkader, Iowa. Edd was one six-
teen children, twelve of whom lived to
be married.
The ijtmeral took place at Hot
Springs on Tuesday at J) a. m., from St.
won the championship ot tne enuir^
valley for several years, while the R
H. S. team is new at the game, but
scientifically trained.
Edinburg used in her line-up ten
men, all good seasoned players, and
much larger than the Raymondville
boys. Our boys are small but each
fellow is wMe awake and as fast as
a Whirlwind. And with their speed
ha^f" ^f/ficient team work they proved
I, jmjtxeh for Edinburg.
~ The prospects are very bright for the
Valley championship, and if the hoys
hold up and keep the pace they have
started-they will win the championship
without a defeat.
Our line-up was as follows: forwards,
Milligan and Glover; center, Ayers;
guards, Sampson and Douthit.
The-1 following is the result of the
games played so far this season:
RaymondvilleSS; Lyford 18.
Raymondville 21; Town Team 16.
Raymondville 33.; Lyford 20.
Raymondville 31; Lyford 23.
Raymondville 26; All Stars 24.
Raymondville 15 ; Edinburg S..
The next game will be played at Ly
ford next Friday.
FINDS NO BOND FOR DRAINAGE
SHORTAGE
he local Masons paid the    Mercedes Tribune
nd all other expenses are After making formal demand upon
Shriners, even clothes. En- i Couilty a<irk Cam 1,1 Hm and Ms cMef
,    ! deputy, A. Chavez, for copies of all
secured through E. W. Ar- - ,    ,    T, _ .
; bonds covering George F. Lmesetter as
>rd and was endorsed by ; county treasurer, T. O. Granger of Aus-
:Cann.    tin representing the American Surety
children are admitted to Company of New York City has re-
ls regardless of race creed ! Ported- to J‘is ™mpany that there is no
Linesetter
bond outstanding covering
for the drainage district money, accord-
ing to W. W. Irvine of Pharr, local rep-
resentative of the surety company.
It appears that, under the law, the
A group of eighteen women met at J county treasurer as such, makes bond
ie Methodist parsonage Wednesday' ^or county money, such bond being
' made payable to the county judge. A
j separate bond for drainage money is
, provided for in the statutes, such bonds
; to .be made payable to the drainage
! commissioners. This latter bond would
pe the only bond under which any short-
age in the drainage district accounts
could, sbe recovered. Such bond was
not ihadeX^by Mr. Linesetter, it is as-
serted*. v\
According toTall reports Linesejj.er
still camped about Yli-m unTT's'noiS^j^
Edinburg, presumably on his anSBP
hunting trip. He was interviewed at
his camp last week by a representative
of the Edinburg Valley Review which
states that “in reply to a request for
a statement in regard to the alleged
shortage in the drainage district funds
Mr. Linesetter stated that he was not
prepared to make any statement until
a more complete audit of the accounts
had been made, but he had no worry
Aid Society Organized
Abner L. Lewis Candidate for Congress, in 15di
District, against John N. Garner.
PROMINENT JUDGE GIVES WIL
LACY COUNTY BOOST
K“K
Aimesftu
OOL BUILD
Minneapolis; 6. L.
Tate and family, Canan, South Dakota;
J. M. Lee, Mansfield, Ark. ; Mr. aud
Mrs. N. Liller, Fort Worth; W. H.
Gardner, Cleburne; H. E. Reasonover,
Sonora; D. Abney, McAllen, Texas;
Wilbur Wright, Brownsville, Texas; W.
T. Reasonover, Sonora ; R. M. Flatt, So-
nora ; R. J. Comstock, Corpus Christi;
G. P. Baughman, What Cheer, la.; J.
W. Raplinger, Seggournay, la.; E. C.
Gprga, Mercedes p A. ‘ B. Holliday,
Brownsville; Alfred J. Cache, San An-
tonio; J. M. Lier, Mansfield, Ark.;, E.
B. Tabor, San Benito; J. H. Smith, J.
PREACH AT THE ; tertained ah his home. 5111 Worth
HURCH    j street, Thursday night with a dinner,
honoring John Henry Kirby of Houst
■ will preach at the!    „ .,    ,, .    ,    , , ,,
,    .    , ..ion. Besides the honor guest and host
lay morning at 111 ,,    .
„    ,,    . . -    1 other members of the dinner party
the Man.’ At the,    +    TT . „r
„ .<»n „ „ .    i were J. M. Terrell, W. R. Harris, W.
i .oO p. m., he will j
tv to MV T-rnmc!R> Sparkman, John W. Woods, Tom
Sam Sibly, Drew Ludlam,
Members of the Raymondville. .school
board met at the school building Satur-
day to receive bids from contractors
for the construction of a new high
school, bonds for which were voted
sometime ago. Five bids were submit-
ted and the contract was let to the
lowest bidder, W. T. Liston & Son, of-
Harlingen, for $35,409,. all complete.
Work will commence in a few weeks.
Ehving & Mulliousen of Harlingen and
San Benito are the architects.
Finty Jr.,
JV. 0. Ford, A. L. Clark, John Jester
and L. B, Glidden, all of Dallas, and
G. W. Sterling of New York and G'. A.
Lowery of Muskogee.
The piece de resistance consisted
of venison steak obtained by Judge
Greenwood on his recent annual hunt
in Southwest Texas. In the hunting
party were Judge Greenwood, John
W. Woods of Dallas, Joe Turner of
Masonic banquet at the hotel Friday; Raymondville, and A. A. Daniells of
night. The banquet consisted of tur-1 Alexandria, La.
key, and all necessary trimmings, cof- j The punting trip carried the group
fee, ice cream cakes and cigars. The over the famous King ranch in Wil-
occasion being the installation of thej jaCy County, near the Mexican border,
officers of Raymondville Lodge No.: The ranch proper lieg twenty miles
1204 Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-!fr0ffl Raymondville, the county seat
. /    , of Willacy County. In recounting the
Masons from Willacy county, experiences 0f the recent event, Judge
^■ther* with about forty ladies and „    , , ., .    .    ,    ,    .
,,    .    ,,    * „    Greenwood told how the hunters had
^■•ty Masons from the Valley, attend- ,    ,    ... .
W.,    .    , „ ,.    .    , . , bagged five bucks, two wolves thirty
euf the installation ceremonies, which ,    ,
were conducted by Dr. Cash of San |ducks’ *lve ™dlllos and seven
Benito, past deputy Grand Master of i rat,tlesnakes.
the 40th district, assisted hv Masons! The host spoke at length also of the
tiMhtaa Harlimren and San Benito. The’ manY developments and advancements
Newly Wedded Visit Here
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lawder visited clear inasmuch as he had certainly
at the H. B. Wilson home Tuesday, misappropriated a dollar of the p
Mrs. Lawder was formerly Miss Allie eY-”
Wilson and was married to Mr. Lawder So far as can be learned, uo c
New Years day. They were enroute to plaint has as ypt been filed aga
Corpus Christi where they plan to lo- Linesetter, although it appears tc
cate. Miss Wilson is the charming an admitted fact that looseness in
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wilson handling of the drainage district m(
and for a number of years has been a has been prevalent for some time,
successful telegraph operator on the I In the case of F. W. Seabury e
Gulf Coast Lines, having been located • vs. Cora C. Cage, independent execu
in Brownsville for some time.    et al, tried before the 93rd Disi
Oscar Miller was here Friday from
Brownsville on business.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS THE
MASONIC BANQUET
Valley Now On Substantial Stasis
(DEANE WASON)
| The farmers reflect a substantial
I prosperity. They have not gone on
a spending orgy, but they are better
dressed and their families are in-
dulging in more of those things that
make life worth wihile. Merchants
had a very satisfactory holiday trade
on the whole. Furthermore, the
wealth seems to be well distributed.
In turn, the business men of the
valley are meeting their obligations.
Not with a rush, but gradually they
are cleaning the slate. Apparently
credits are easier.
Autos in Demand
The automobile trade is in good
strength, especially in the light cars.
With the building of improved high-
ways, sales are above normal for this
time of year.
Bank deposits are better, but have
not reflected anything like a boom.
Cleaning up debts and accumulation
does not take place simultaneusly.
But with an even break en spring
truck, onions and citrus fruits there
should be some reserves built up to
carry them through the cotton season.
The tourist trade is becoming a
factor in the valley. It has been
held back thus far this winter by the
continued rains and consequent bad
roads. Nevertheless it is in’evidence.
The valley is past the experimental
stage. It is a real process of develop -
ment.
The ^ower Rio Grande Valley faces
the year 1924 with their feet firmly
planted on terra finite and their eyes
turned toward the sun.
There is plenty of evidence that the
days of booming experimentation are
history. The boasting boosters happy
way. In his stead you find the con-
servative calculator. In other words
they have -ceased to dream of millions
and are making dollars.
After talking with bankers, mer-
chants, farniers, politicians and others
this is the impression one gets of the
valley of today. It is such a contrast
with other days.
Financially the ..valley is solid. The
cotton crop of last summer put the
farmers in a position to take up paper
at the banks. “It is pretty well clean-
ed up,” is the way one banker expres-
sed it. What money the farmers are-
getting now is theirs in most instan-
ces.
Conservative estimates gauge a 10
per cent increase in cotton acreage
over last season.
It is likely that more attention will
be given the coming season to com-
bating the pests that ravage the
fields. The experience of the past
season has been convincing. The
valley will be a good market fox*
poisons this spring.
DORMITORY WILL BE BUILD IN
AUSTIN FOR USE METHODIST
the new $100,000 dormitory for Meth- Pharr uncler the nam<> of “George F.
odist girls at the University of Texas Linesetter and that this was the only
will start February 1, according to aceodrd eari'ied there by him. It is
Mx-s. T. A. Brown, of Austin, chairman s^a*'e<^ that he deposited in .this account
of the Methodist state board of con- moneys belonging to the drainage dis-
trol. The board in charge of the build- trict’ in addition to sma11 counts be-
ing the dormitory expects to reseive longillg to him Personally and that pay-
from Nashville, Tenm, the headquart-    were made out of this account
ers of the Centenary Fund. The    ^rge obligatmns of the
,T    ,    ,    „ '    . district, but personal obligations of
Method'st churches of Texas w.ll ra,se    In addition it was stated
$45,000 for the erection and furnish- that he wng 1<janlng cousi(lerable sum3
mg of the building.    0t' money to various persons out of this
“We expect to acommodate 100 account.
MICKIE SAYS-
New Golfing Phenom
WHUPi. EXCUSE ME FE£ FAINTIM1
UKE THIS, FOLKS, BUT A FELLER
JESV SAID HE THOUGHT WE
WOZ. DOIKJ' BET' CR UMTH.TH'
PAPER THAW HE GOULD DO
S HlhASELPf
His Predicament
“I’m thinking right smartly of mov-
ing away,” said Gap Johnson, of Rum-
pus Ridge. “It’s getting too blame’
thjckly poppylated. with motor cars
around yur, specially in the summer
time. Just as shire as I tke a bath
if an evening—and I gener’ly did a
few times enduring of the summer—
out on the back dosch, around the corn-
er yander comes a cussed car, swipes
its ligrts around and ketches me stand-
ing up in the washtub, with nuth’n’ in
the living to hide behind. It sorter
aigigervates^me to etched in such
Hange my mind
January Weather Report
The vicar of a parish in the West
of Enjgiand fell ill one Saturday af-
ternoon and a certain famous
who happened to be staying i
neighborhood consented/ to conduct
the services on the Saturday.
At the close of the evening service
the church wardens assembled- in the
vestry to thank him.
“It’s very kind of you, we’m sure,
sir,” said one of them. “A much
worser mA** than you would have done
tfor we,hjj|g|fe couldn’t fine one.”
Hunting Parties Return
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mc-
Dougle from Crockett, Texas, have been
here hunting the past few weeks. The
first party was composed of W. A.
Douglass, John Hy and C. M. Ellis, who
stayed about a week; the second party
left for home l.*t Thursday and was
composed of Heij| Ellis, Frank Foster
and Messrs. 0®j^^and Tarray.
These    imprefig^L
rotnniing.
canon
inclaix, twenty-thre«-yeai'-
ll an youth whose golfing
attracted international
Playing the game only a
^thaa a year, he came
Bkner-up for the amateur
■■nth Wales.
“Oh, yes,” said Mrs. Gadgett,
prpudly, “we can trace our ancestors
back to—to—well, I don’t kriy^^x-
actly who, but we’ve been
for centuries.    ,    ■
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