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BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD
Brownsville Herald Publishing Co.
* Mrs. Jesse Wheeler . Editor
Martin J. Slattery.Manager
Official Organ of Cameron County
Consolidated In 1893 with the Daily
Cosmopolitan, which was pub
lished in Brownsville for 16 years.
Terms of Subscription
t Ixally—Published every morning
except Sunday, by mail postpaid to'
any point in the. United S ates, Mex
ico or Cuba or delivered by carrier
to any part of the city, West
Brownsville, Texas, or Matamoros,
Mexico, one year $6.00; six months
|3.00; one month GO cents.
Entered at the Postofflce at Browns
ville Texas, as Second Clusi Mail
Matter.
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TUESDAY. AUGUST 20. 1912.
BROWNSVILLE'S PRESENT DUTY.
The success of the Midwinter
Fair depend- upon the individual ef
forts of the citizens of Brownsville.
Tonight at. eight o’clock, the Mid
winter Fair Association will meet at
the Chamber of Commerce to con
sider the preliminary steps looking
to the holding of the next fair. This
is the time for our citizens to show
their zeal for the success of this in
stitution which has become one of
•the leading features of the winter
for this entire section.
it is the hope of the fair associa
tion that the coining fair may be
made the greatest of all the fairs yet
held in tills city. To do this, it is
necessary for our citizens to unite
without reserve in the support of the
move. The Midwinter Fair is dis
t
tinctly a benefit to the entire town.
as*well as to the entire Valley. The
men who have conducted tiie fairs
have been actuated solely by their
zeal for the public good. They have
never made a penny out of the fair
themselves. On the contrary, they
have not only devoted their time and
energies to the work, hut have gone
into tiieir own pockets heavily for
funds ifo fill gaps in the finances of
the concern. Fairs are rarely money
makers**]n tfiemselves, but the ad
vertising that a succes-ful fair will
give to town and country and also
to the exhibitors is of such great
value as to far exceed the cost of
holding the faifand of preparing ex
hibits.
Brownsville must make the Mid
winter Fair a success and right now.
at 'the very beginning is the time to
show our willingness to cooperate.
^ Baseball we could dispense with.
It was an expensive luxury. But
the Midwinter Fair we must hold,
and the money we have saved on
baseball should go into the fair.
Let every cRizen -how his interest
in the enterprise right now. All
who are willing to do their part
towards promoting the Midwinter
Fair should aFeml the meeting to
night at the Chamber of Commerce.
Tlie Midwinter Fair is the Lower
Rio Grande Valley Fair.
I’aseual Orozco apparently will
soon be looking for an employment
agency.
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Galveston’s cotton carnival
showed no effect of the boll weevil
whatever. Indeed, it seems *o have
been even more successful than evn*r
this year.
The wife of the mayor of Trenton
refuses to permit him to run for the
senate. There would be no need of
suffrage for married women if all
husbands were as compliant to the
wifely will as t It is.
What the country needs is not
the parcels post, but strict govern
ment control of the express com
panies. If the latter should give
the shippers a square deal, the par
cels post agitation would soon di.e
Col. Roosevelt declared before the
bull moose convention that he did
not ask for the nomination, and
would support any man whom the
convention might name for presi
dent. But wouldn't he have been a
surprised individual if the party had
chosen some other candidate!
As The Herald's Little Indiana
correspondent suggest-, the destruc
tion wrought bv the cotton boll
Weevil til's summer should be a 1>
son to oar cotton planters to pii k
up the fallen squares All writer?
on the subject declare .’hat fallen
squares harbor the insect aud should I
be destroyed.
WHY BUY JEFFERSON'S HOME?
Miss Flora Wil.-on, daughter of
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, in
a recent issue of the Washington
Post, voices a very logical protest
against the proposed purchase of
Thomas J-ffer-on’s home, Monticello, j
by the federal government.
It is true, the idea that actuates '
those who urge this cause is alto
gether worthy, and while the gov
ernment might fitly do such honor
to the principal framer of the Con
stitution as to purchase his beauti
ful old Virginia mansion for th*’
purpose of preserving it as an his
toric spot. Yet, the argument
against this course is well based
upon the fa< t that the government
has never acquired the home of the
Father of His Country, nor of Lin
coln, nor of Grant, nor of any other
president.
Even Mount Vernon, sacred to
every patriotic American as the
home of Washington, remains in the
hands of the Mount Vernon Associa
tion and depends for preserva ion
purely upon the voluntary subscrip
tions of Americans or funds raised
in one way or another by the
patriotic u'oben who form the Mount
Vernon Association.
Why then should Uncle Sam take
Mon icello away from its present
owners, who appear to be taking as
good care of the interesting place as
anyone possibly could take of it?
Since Majah Mose Harris became
a bull mooser, Texas no longer has
even one republican paper. The Re
public is certainly no longer a re
publican paper.
The employe who gossips about
his or her employers’ affairs is equal
ly as contemptible and unworthy a<
the person who stoops to quiz em
ployes about their employers’ af
fairs.
If everyone should display as
much diligence to his own business
affairs, as some people show in at
tending to other people's business,
success would be very much more
general than it is at present.
The one-dollar contribution for
the Wilson and Marshall campaign
is popular. Democrats all over the
country are responding. There will
| he no need of passing the hat in
Wall street for democracy’s candi
i date.
Now that it has been fully de
' eided that the Midwinter Fair shall
| be held, everyone in the Valley who
| can produce anything to exhibi
,should begin to prepare for it. It
is expected that an attractive list of
premiums will be offered.
BOOK BOUND IN HUMAN SKIN.
—
Marcellin Pellit, formerly of the
toff of the Paris Repnblique Fran
caise, afterward member of the
chamber of deputies from the depart
ment of Card, and now representing
France as her minister plenipoten
tiarv at The Hague, is probably the
only member of tlie* diplomatic ser
vice of France, or any other civilized
country, who can boast of including
i among iiis most cherished literary
i trea-ures a book bound in human
I skin.
The story of how he came to he
possessed of it is a curious one. I:
seems that his friend, the well
i known Swiss surgeon, Prof. Auguste
! Reverdin. of Geneva, received one
day a notice through a lawyer that
one of his boyhood friends, dying
i without issue, had bequeathed to
(him his small fortune, conditional
I upon his removing and preserving
I the skin of his chest, a piece about
i:> inches square, on which the name
|of the woman by whom he had been
: betrayed by the ruin of his life was
tatooed.
Prof. Reverdin complied with this
eccentric and grewosme stipulation,
but found it impossible to induce
any of the local leather workers to
! tan it. Eventually, he had to get
his done at Lyons, at an exorbitant
cost. It came back to the profe-sor
a strong, thick, piece of leather,
[dyed a dull black, to the complete
'effacement of the tabooing. The
| thing finally got on the professor’s
nerves; he developed an Impre-sion
t
that it was unlucky— at least to
him personally and accordingly he
induced his friend, Marcellin Pellet,
who is no: at all superstitious, to
take it off his hands.
Pellet caused one of the volumes
of his own work “Verities Revolu
tionaires”—a compilation dealing
with oddities and strange features
of the great revolution in France -!
to be bound iu it, and make no dif
ficulty iu showing it to his friends
and acquaintances who visit the
French legation at The Hague.
The idea of binding his book of
revolutionary miscellany is a good
one. since revolutions, especially in I
France, proV to be usually good
harvesters ofi^uch material.
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* FRANK C. PIERCE’S HISTORY *
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The Zona Libre.
General Jose Maria Carbajal wa
a Mexican citizen who had received
his education in the United States
and had become almost thoroughly j
Americanized. Upon returning to;
Matamoros, right after the Ameri
can invasion, observing the great
hardships imposed upon his coun
trymen by the heavy import rax col
lected through the Mexican customs
house, and, to a great extent, in
fluenced by the representations of
the American merchants, residents
on both -ides of the river, first by
petition, and then by force of arms,
tried to compel the Mexican govern
ment to establi-h what was after
wards known as the “Zona Libre,
a strip running along the Rio
Grande border and being 20 leagues
or 52 miles wide. He called his re
form measure “Plan de la Loba.
In the representations made to bis
government it was contended that
Bagdad, Matamoros, Reynosa and
Camargo were too distant from
Monterrey or any o'her Mexican
market to enable them cheaply to
transport the common necessaries of
life, and the penalties on exports
were excessive. Carabajal and hi?
followers did not contend that the
import duty should be entirely re
moved, but that this zone should be
made an exception and that foreign
goods imported within it should be
taxed merely enough to maintain
the customs house force, or, as wo
call it, for revenue only. After re
peated efforts in this line, and hav
ing met with a refusal from the gov
ernment, on October 28, 1851, with
a pretty good sized force composed
half of Mexicans and half of Amer
icans, he appeared in front of Mata
moros and demanded its surrender.
Lieutenant Colonel Jose Maria
Canales joined Carbaajal and citi
zens from all of the villages located
on the Rio Grande lent their aid.
On October 30th a very vicious at
tack was made on Matamoros but
the defenders, under General Fran
cisco Avalos, soon defeated them,
Carbajal’s forces retiring after hav
ing sustained a very heavy loss in
killed and wounded.
As the city of Matamoros spon
taneously united with General Ava
los to defend the place, the local
congress recognizing the brilliant
triumph of her arms, added to her
name the words, “Unconquerable,
Loyal and Heroic,’’ and voted her
thanks to the general and his troops.
Carbajal and Canales were pur
sued by the combined forces of An
tonio Canales and Jose Uraga until,
finally to save themselves, they
crossed to the Texas side.
Carbajal again crossed the river
into Mexico in February 1852 at the
head of more than 500 dissenters
with several cannon for the purpose
of reopening and establishing the
workings of the Plan de la Loba.
Immediately Colonel Canales and
Valentine Cruz left Camargo in his
pursuit. They found him at the
ranch called Auzcar, cIosp to Ca
margo, where they again defeated
him. For this act the congress of
the state conferred upon Canales
and his officers and troops, medals
and insignias.
Robert P. Letcher, plenipotentiary
of the United States, who entered
Mexico on October 8th, 1851, did
his utmost ro convince the Mexicans
that the American government was
not backing Carbajal and his party,
and he even sent hi- secretary to
Matamoros with Instructions to have
the Americans to take steps to try to
avoid the passing over to Browns
ville of any of Carbajal's party.
Ju t before the defeat of Carbajal,
Ruflno Rodriguez, commander of
the national guard at Matamoros,
adopted the plan of Guadalajara, be
lieving It to be the work of the lib
eral party and against the reelection
of Jesus Cardenas against whom the
largest part of the liberals of Vic
toria. Matamoros, Tampico, Tula
and other towns had pronounced.
Rodriguez abandoned Matamoros
on the 23rd of September and
marched again-t Victoria, but Gen
eral Avalos sent again? him Colonel
Macedonio Capistran who overtook
him on the plains called Tejon, but
it being nighttime postponed an a -
tack. Rodriguez silently abandoned
camp that night and by a forced
march fell upon Victoria giving the
governor and Colonel Canales barely
time to save themselves.
On the night of January 12, 1833.
young Rodriguez was captured,
while a-leep, at Tampico. He was
executed at daylight by order of
general Casanova, who was after
wards dismissed by reason of this
uncalled for act.
Ramon Prieto, who was ac ing a
provisional governor, was so en
raged at this killing of Rodriguez
that he resigned.
In April of 1852 Carbajal was ar
rested in Rio Grande City by the
American authorities at the request
of the Mexican government and with
him the American Captains Dowd
and Roundtree, it having been al
leged that they were preparing for
another expedition to invade Mexico.
In April 1854 General Adrian
Woll was named as military com
mander of the state and hi* residence
fixed at Matamoros, but he was ar
bitrary and despotic in his work,
persecuting so cruelly all the liber
als that he became odious to the
Tam auli peco*.
WONDROUS CAVE REVEALED
Maze of Subterranean Grandeur in
Kentucky Foothills.
Whitesburg, Ky., Aug. 19.—What
is said to be one of the most wonder
ful caverns in the world has been
discovered in Eastern Kentucky.
Unexplored and almost unknown,
its grandeur has been viewed by
few.
The cave is in the foothills of the
Cumberland Mountains on the line
of the Fork Creek headquarters.
Two or three exploring parties have
ventured into the ma&e of vast sub
terranean passageways, but none ]
has ever reached the end. The
searchers report passageways, rooms
and chambers innumerable and
transparent stalactitic combs of
wonderful beauty. One rooms has a
floor as level and a- smooth as a
dance hall. Others have fathomless
pits.
Evidently human beings had vis
ited the cave before, only to lose
their lives trying to find their way
out. for old kettles, part of dishe-,
rotted lanterns and other utensils
were discovered. The cave will be
penetrated further by exploring
parties.
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Non-Skid Tire*
Supreme by test of
hardest service, are
the one positive security
against skidding on any
kind of road, at all seasons
If you haven’t something to sell it’s simply because you haven’t
though seriously about it. After you have once learned ho*
quickly HERALD WANT ADS will find customers for the things
you no longer want, then you will become a con>Ant user of them.
Want to Buy, Want to Sell, Want to Barter and Trade—use
HERALD WANT ADS FREELY.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—-A good horse. Excel
lent saddler and sound. Will be
sold cheap for cash. Address Box
539.
FOR SALE OR TRADE—Cash regis
ter and safe. Will trade for large
safe. E. R. T. Howard, corner
11th and Levee streets.
F OR SALE—House and lot, less
than one block from the new court
house site. Apply D. L. Care Her
ald. 8-6—916-12
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F'OR SALE—Three lots and brick
house situated on cor. of 9tb am
Levee st. Bargain if taken a
once. Apply to E. G. Anguerra
Singe* agency, 12th st
F'OR SALE—A banco or portion oi
land on the Rio Grande, 3 miles
west of the city of Brownsville.
Apply to Juan Treanor, 6t.h street,
Xo. 56, Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Mexico
F'OR SALE—7-room house, 3 1-2
blocks from post office*; modern
conveniences and other improve
ments; has flower garden and
u
trees. Will accept part cash and
balance in crty lots. Address
Roman care Herald. 7-4-tf
'OR SALE—Chance to stop paying
rent. Buy home iu West Browns
ville on easy terms, 3 lots, 6 rooms
and bath room, 2 halls, including
reception hall, with all modern
conveniences. Small payment down
and balance as you would pay
rent. W. F. Montgomery, Phone 322
7-11-tf
WANTED
WANTED—By energetic, ambitious
young man, a position in an office
with a chance for advancement.
Apply f*00 Levee St., Brownsville.
8-20-tit
WANTED—Two or three unfur
nished rooms for light housekeep
ing. State location and price.
Address Box A, Herald office.
WANTED—To rent a neatly fur
nished 4 or 5 room house. Phone
383 or address 717 St. Charles St.
8-19—S-22.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—One corner store and
one inside store and our two
room apartment with bath room,
in the new Stegman building, ad
joining Merchants’ Nat’l bank
building. Address P. O. Box 96,
Brownsville, Tex. 8-16-9-16
FOR RENT—Office room* In
’ombe buildings, at very reduce
rentals. Apply at First National
Bank 2-10-tf
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
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St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
Main Line.
Xo. -102 leaves 4:40 a. m.
Xo. 104 leaves 3:50 p. m.
Xo. 101 arrives 10:50 p. m.
Xo. 103 arrives 11:40 a. m.
Branch Line.
Xo. 122 leaves 9:45 a. m.
Xo. 121 arrives 6:00 p. ra.
Motor Car.
To points up the valley.
Xo. 124 leaves 3:10 p. m.
Xo. 123 arrives 10: 15 a. m.
National Lines of Mexico.
Passenger depot at Malaraorrs.
Standard Time.
Monterey <fc Intermediate Points.
Leave—7:16 a. ra.
Arrive—7:00 p. m.
Between Brownsville and Point
Isabel
Effective Saturday, May 11, 1912.
Days other than Saturday, Sunday
and Monday
Brownsville . Point Isabel
Lv 8:30 a. m. Ar 10:00 a. m.
Ar 6:00 p. ra. Lv 4:30 p. ra.
Saturday
Lv 11:00 a. ra. Ar 12.30 p. ra.
Ar 6:0# p. ra. Lv 4:30 p. m.
Lv 7:00 p. m. Ar 8:30 p. ra.
Sunday
Ar 8:30 a. m. Lv 7:00 a m.
Lv 11:00 a. m. Ar 12:30 p. ra
Ar 9:30 p. m. Lv 8:00 p. ra
Monday
Ar 8:30 a. m.v Lv 7:00 a m.
Lv 11:00 a. m. Ar 12:30 p. ra.
Ar 6:00 p. m. Lv 4:30 p. ra
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DEWEY WAS DISGUSTED.
During the Spani-h-American war
the navy department, by way of a
graceful compliment to the great
universities, renamed two converted
cruisers Harvard and Yale. Not
long after Commodore Dewey was
asked what new* names should be
conferred upon two little Spani-h
gunboats that had been captured in
Philippine waters.
"Ob," said the commodore, "we'll
just call one the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology and the other
the Pennsylvania College for Physi
cians and Surgeons.”—San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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How it must Jolt a mother when
the son she thought was tied to her
apron string gets tangled up in some
girl’s shoestrings.
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Give the man the little he wants
here below*, and he'll kick himself
because he didn’t ask for more.
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Perhaps patent medicine mea fill
their almanac with ancient jokes to
show their skill in prolonging life.
FRONTIER LUMBER .
DeVOE PAINT
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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:: of Brownsville, Texas :!
j! United States Depository
Capital $100,000.00
:: surplus and undivided profits $115,000,000 ;:
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THE MODEL LAUNDRY.
We have recently installed in our Cleaning and Pressing department ft
‘‘Hoffman Steam Pressing Machine.”
In pressing cloths with this machine, live dry steam is brought, to di
rect contact with the mrterlal, the garment is pressed uniformly, set
and sterilized at one operation. Scorching is utterly impossible.
This process is more sanitary than the old method and the work is bet
ter. Our operators are skillful and our prices are slightly lower than for
merly.
Coat and pants, steamed and pressed $.50.
Coat and pants, cleaned and pressed $1.00
Skirts, steamed and pressed $.50. up.
Other garments in proportion. * *
TRY US PHONE No. 1
See
West
B rowns ville
YOU’LL LIKE IT
Street car line under construction to Country Club.
INVESTIGATE.
J. B. Scott, Gen. Mgr.
Brownsville, Texas
BRICK-BRICK
When contemplating to build yiur Residence, Bu«1ne«s or Bash
Building, specify our brick.
Our plant is up to date. Daily capacity twanty thousand. Iocs ted
three miles north of Brownsville on the main line of tho ?ilnt Louts,
Browngvlll# & Mexico railroad. Our facilities for loading from our
private spurs Insures prompt shipments.
8amples of brick will bs sent prepaid upon request.
Tslephone 100, Brownsville, Texas
OFFICE, ALAMO LUMBER CO.
Gulf Coast Brick and Tile Company
MANUFACTURERS OF BRICK
E- F. J0HNI0K. Manager
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* The Miller Hotel *
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; The Largest and Most Modern Hotel *
* in South-West Texas t
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The Most Southerly Hotel in U. S, *
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ON TO THE GULF J
Hear What the Wild Waves are Saying. *
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| THERE IS LAND^ LAND AND LAND i
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I If you pay LAND prices you do not want Land. I
' | have none to sell, nor expect to have, but know where
j > you should buy if you would secure value received
< ! Because as a Civil Engineer I know the whole Valley ' >
* as you know your dooryard. 1 !
E. B. GORE, Merchants* Nat’l Bank Bldg. 1
; Reference Merchants' National Bank | !
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