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VOTE FOR R. J. TUCKER FOR
SHERIFF AND M. J. GARCIA FOR
TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
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VOTE FOR R. J. TUCKER FOR
SHERIFF AND M. J. GARCIA FOR
TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
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GOV. WILSON LEAVES
CASE TO THE JURY
Closed Campaign With Speech Be
fore Tremendous and Uproariou*
Aud‘ence a1 Pa*saic.
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By Associated Press.
Passaic, N. J., Nov. 4.—Governor
Woodrow Wilson closed his campaign
tonight with a speech before an im
mense crowd here, which cheered
htm uproariously.
‘T leave the case to the jury,”
were Wilson’s parting words. “I
hope they retire with a profound
sense of their responsibility.”
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VOTE FOR R. J. TUCKER FOR
SHERIFF AND M. J. GARCIA FOR
TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
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De«<h of Mr*. Garc*«.
Mrs. Josefa F. Garcia, aged 73,
died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
at her home on 12th street. The
funeral will be held this afternoon
at 3 o’clock, with interment in the
city cemetery. She leaves one son,
Santo Garcia, who is a member of
the city police force,
CITY NEWS
Spani*h Wilson Literature
Frank Rabb, the original Cameron
rr»unty "Wilson man," zealous to the
Inst in his figlF for the man from
New Jersey, spent yesterday after
i >on and evening out in his auto,
distributing Wilson literature print
ed in Spainsh among the Mexican
(oters of the city. Mr. Rabb has
done his utmost from the beginning
in behalf of Wilson and he is con
fident that the democrats will gain
a magnificent victory at the polls to
day.
VOTE FOR R. J. TUCKER FOR
SHERIFF AND M J. GARCIA FOR
TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
Bull Fght* Nov. 24 -E. J. Puig i
plnnnlng a bull fight for Nov. 24,
which he says will surpass all other
"corridas de toros” yet held in the
Matamoros bull ring. Three mata
dors will be engaged for this tight
and six of the famous Guaname bulls
will be sacrificed.
Buy a Lunch—Hot tamales, sand
wiches and coffee will be sold by
committees of ladies near the various
election booths 'today, for the bene
fit of the poor fund. Buy a lunch
and help to take care of the poor of
the city during the coming winter.
A new ampere hour meter for elec
tric automobiles informs the owner
of a car just how much electricity
has been put Into or taken from hi*
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Another thing—if there is no
marriage in heaven who does a
woman angel blame things on?
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VOTE FOR R. J. TUCKER FOR
SHERIFF AND M. J. GARCIA FOR
TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
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AS TO EXPANSION JOINTS
Th<‘ C*ty Engineer Does Not Con
sider *h«Tn Nece»sary.
That expansion joints between the
concrete base of the street paving
and the sidewalk curbing, which is
required by the contract for the
street paving, are unnecessary, is the
opinion of the city engineer, J. \V.
Davis, who gives this as his reason
for not requiring the paving com
pany to comply with ithis specifica
tion. Mr. Davis called at the Herald
office last week for the purpose of ex
plaining the city’s attitude in regard
to this subject, in response to recent
editorials published in the Herald in
regard to the omission of the ex
pansion joints. As stated by the1
Herald, the omission of the joints'
has been held accountable for the
cracking of some cement sidewalks i
in the paved district. Referring to
this report, Mr. Davis said that it
was not correct: that only one side
walk in the paving district has
shown a crack which has occurred
since the streets were paved, and
this was due to the face that the
longitudinal expansion joint which
is necessary in the construction of
cement sidewalks was omitted from
this walk, ins:ead to the lack of the
joint next the street paving.
“I drew the specifications for the
street paving,” Mr. Davis said, “and
it was I that put in the clause re
quiring the expansion joint. After
wards, however, I was convinced
that such a requirement is unnec
essary, and so I permitted .the paving
company to omit it. 1 have exam
ined paving contracts of a number
of cities, and have not found a single
one in which such a requirement
has been made. We more than
double the expansion joints in the;
blocks. There is very little expan
sion of the concrete beneath the
wood block paving anyway, as it is
well protected from the heat of the:
sun. Being convinced that I had;
made an unreasonable requirement j
in this respect, when drawing up
the contract for the street paving, I
thought it only right not to enforce
it.”
Mr. Davis showed 'the Herald rep
resentative the street paving con
tracts of the cit yof New Orleans and
Beaumont, Texas, neither of which
contained any provision for expan
sion joints.
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VOTE FOR R. J. TUCKER FOR
SHERIFF AND M. J. GARCIA FOR
TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
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South Africa produced gold worth
$125,560,000 in the first eight
a $11,600,000 output In the same
months of this year, compared with
period last year. *
VOTE FOR R. J. TUCKER FOR
SHERIFF AND M. J. GARCIA F<5r j
TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
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OUTLOOK GOOD FOG
QUIET ELECTION
Clo*e of Campaign Gives Promise of
no "Untoward Happenings—Good
Feel'ng Prevail* in Community.
Pre-election night in Brownsville
was marked by meetings of both the
democratic and independent clubs,
the former at the Blue Club hall on
13th street, and 'the latter at the
Dittmann theatre. Both halls were
filled to their capacity all during the
evening, but 'the Dittmann theatre,
because of its larger scale, accom
modated a larger crowd. There were
overflow crowds at both places.
Differing from its custom in form
er years, the Blue club did not pa
rade the streets last night. The in
dependent, however, held a parade
through the business streets, having
cornered the music market in the
city by securing the services of two
local bands. For the Blue club meet
ing music was rendered by a band
from Matamoros.
Speeches in Spanish and English
were made at both places, but no
great amount of enthusiam was
noticeable at either meeting. Both
were quiet and orderly and no undue
excitement was apparent. From in
dications yesterday and last night,
the election 'today in Brownsville
will be carried out without any dis
turbing occurring whatever.
Considerable campaigning was
done all days yesterday in the city
and country by both democrats and
independents, the latter seeminly
intent upon concentrating ail their
efforts in an attempt to elect their
candidates for 'the offices of sheriff
and tax collector, R. J. Tucker and
Macedonia Garcia.
Circulars and campaign literature
were distributed yesterday on the
streets of the city and over -the coun
ty in a last attempt to secure votes.
The counting of the ballots to
night doubtless will be slow work,
owing to the large ballot. The ticket
will contain the nominees of six par
ties, the democratic, the republican,
the progressive, the socialist, the
prohibition, and^the socialistic labor.
There will also be a blank column on
the ballot in which those who desire
to name other than the regular
party nominees may write the names
of their candidates.
The following is a list of the vot
ing precincts and election judges in
Cameron county:
Precinct No. 1, Point Isabel; Vi
cente Simo, presiding officer; Manuel
Aguilar, John Lightburn, Wm. J.
Laroche, judges.
Precinct No. 2, San Rafael; H. H.
Williams, presiding officer; Jim
Bazar, George E. French, Lucas
Levier, judges.
Precinct No. 3, sugar mill; C. B.
S. Wharton, presiding officer, Henry
Gay, D. P. Gay, Santos Trevino,
judges.
Precinct No. 4, fourth ward in
city of Brownsville; voting place,
Blue club hall, Monroe and 13th
streets; H. J. Wallace, presiding
officer; Harry St. Clair, Noah Allen,
R. C. Cowan, judges.
Precinct No. 5, 'third ward city of
Brownsville; voting place, 12th and
Jefferson streets , opposite court
house. Marshall White, presiding
officer; J. B. Scott, Juan Bouis, A.
Turk, judges.
Precinct No. 6, second ward in
city of Brownsville; voting place,
Obreros hall. Jim McCoy, presiding
officer; A. Wayne Wood, V. L. Crix
ell, T. B. Russell, judges.
Precinct No. 7, first ward in city
of Brownsville; voting place, 5th
street, between Elizabeth and Wash
ington. J. C. DeBruin, presiding of
ficer; Joe L. Kowalski, L. Brulay, M.
Fernandez, judges.
Precinct No. 8, El Carmen; Pri
mato G. Balli, presiding officer; E. J.
Cole, Herman Rock, Prejedis de los
Santos, judges.
Precinct No. 9, Las Yescas; Pablo
Falcon, presiding officer; Fernando
Glaevecke, Justino Cortez, J. D.
Scrivner, judges.
Precinct No. 10, La Encantada;
nestor Alcala, presiding officer; J. S.
Villareal, J. E. Keller, Joe Moody,
judges.
Precinct No. 11, Santa Maria;
Anastacio Trevino, presiding officer:
W. W. Stocking, Euardo Longoria.
JoseDelgado, judges^
Precinct No.^^Hklingen: James!
Dishman. pres^PB: officer; L. G.
Nichols, S. C. Moore, A. H. Weller,
judges.
Precinct No. 13, San Benito; !
Riggs Roberts, presiding officer; C.
E. Hilirw. B. Hinkley, B. H. Frazier,
judges.
Precinct No. 14, Raymondville;
Fred Raymond, presiding officer: E.
W. Bauer, R. F. Deyo, C. M. Kenedy,
judges.
An Oasis With a History.
In the mountain range of El Guet
tera, writes Captain A. H. Haywood
in the Wide World, I came across that
precious and rare thing in the desert—
a clear spring. Of course these springs
are very few and far between, and
there Is a tragic little story attached to
this particular one. A man and his
wife were making their way across the
desert not long ago. and their water
supply ran short. They struggled on.
weak and parched with thirst. One by
one tbe^r camels died, and at last,
overcome with suffering, the woman
died too. The man dragged himself
painfully onward in the weary search
for water. It was all in vain, how
ever, and at last he. too. gave up the
struggle, and, tortured with a burning
thirst, death came upon him and mer
cifully relieved his suffering. Some
one, passing that way soon after,
found his body, lying barely 100 yards
from the little mountain spring of El
Guettera. Little he knew how close he
was to his goal, poor fellow!
Alligator Hunting.
Alligator hunting in Colombia is an
Industry which furnishes the natives )
with considerable sport. It is carried j
on along the Magdalena river from i
December to April and in July and
August. During these rainless months
the streams subside, draining the great
alluvial plains which border the main
stream. The alligators, which rushed
out on to the inundated flats during
the previous swelling of the river,
crowd back through the connecting
branches and channels, where the In
dian hunters slaughter them in large
numbers, spearing them and hauling
them out on the banks, where they
are stunned and then beheaded with
long handled axes. Rifles • are not
used, owing to the prohibition of the
use of firearms, except shotguns. Hun
dreds of alligators are also left stuck
in the deep slime left by the receding
waters, over which their short iegs
will not drag their heavy bodies.—
Argonaut.
Our Swamp Lands.
Ten acres of swamp or marshy land
In a county can breed enough mos
quitoes, malaria and typhoid to seri
ously affect the health of the entire
county and greatly lessen the indus
trial efficiency of the community. In
the United States are swamp and
marshy lands that aggregate an area
almost as large as all England. Ireland,
Scotland and Wales combined. There
are more than 75,000,000 acres, approx
imately 118.000 square miles. The area
of Great Britain is 121,390 square miles,
including the. Isle of Man and the
Channel Islands. The swamp area of
the United States is almost as large as
the states Of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
combined. It is as large as New York,
Illinois. Massachusetts and New Jer
sey. The crops of these 75,000,000
acres are snakes, frogs, mosquitoes,
fevers and alligators. Only the frogs
and alligators are of any value of any I
kind.—Technical World.
Infant Snobbery.
Too often the idea of service is asso
ciated solely with paid servants, al
though seldom so amusingly as in the
case of a little girl of whom a con
tributor to the English Illustrated Mag
azine tells. She had visited a little
friend whose family did their own
housework. She had a very good time !
and on coming home was telling her '
mother all about it
“But. mother, dear, they do one very
dreadful thing,” she concluded. “I sort
of hate to tell you about it, for it is
kind of cruel, and you mightn’t let
me go again.”
“Tell me." urged her mother, in some j
alarm.
“They use their own grandmother for
a cook,” the little girl replied in a |
shocked whisper.
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In the Same Boat.
The Duke of Leeds before succeed
ing to his title was active in politics.
Once when canvassing he came upon
an English shoemaker, whose vote he
solicited. “Sorry," said the shoemak
er, "but I’m not going to vote for any
bloomin’ aristocrat. I can’t afford it.
I’ve got four children to bring up."
“That’s nothing." replied the duke,
"I’ve got five, and they are all girls.”
The shoemaker came up and touched
him on the arm. “All right, old chap,"
he said, “You shall have my vote. It
seems to me we are both in the same
boat, and we’d better stick together.”
Went Him One Better.
“Yes,” said the visitor from Pumpln
ville; "you have some pretty tall struc
tures here, but our town erected a
building with more than a thousand
stories last summer, and”—
“A building of more than a thousand
stories!" echoed bis friend. “What
brand do yon smoke?’’
“It’s a fact,” rejoined the Pumpin
ville native. “I was referring to our
new library.’’—London Tit-Bits.
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Lost Interest.
“You were speaking just before the
postman banded you your mail about I
our glorious institutions. Won't you
continue the subject? 1 am interested." 1
“No. Confound our institutions! I’ve
just received notice to call and pay
my taxes.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
nttner-vrnat time fl»a tanr »<*»«
Man leave? Daughter—Just when you
get home from the card party and
Btisan came l»ack from her night out.—
Pittsburgh Press.
Transportation.
“How does your husband express
himself when he Is drunk?*’
“He doesn’t express himself. They
send him home In a taxi.”—Tow*
Topics.
He Doesn’t Have a Chance.
Mrs. Chinn—You know my husband
just won’t listen to good common
tense talk. Mrs. Frank—How do yoa
know?— Yonkers Statesman.
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SHERIFF AND M. J. GARCIA FOR
TAX COLLECTOR. , (Adv.)
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
FRISCO TIME TABLE
Leave Brownsville to Houston
No. Iu2 . 4:05 a. m.
No. 104 . 4:00 p. m.
To Sam Fordyce
No 122 . Iu:0o a m.
No. 124 . 3:00 p. m.
Arrive from Houston.
No. 103.12:15 p. m.
No. 101. 11:40 p. m.
From Sam Fordyce
No. 121 . 6:00 p. m.
No. 123 . 9:55 a. m.
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paste, is an excellent filler for cracks
in furniture.
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TAX COLLECTOR. (Adv.)
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