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GREAT CAST IN
' COMEDY DRAMA
Little Theatre of Last Fron
tier to Present Play
At Harlingen
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f . * Special to The Herald)
LA FERIA. March 23.—“The New
Poor,” a comedy drama, to be pre
sented at the Harlingen municipal
auditorium by the Little theater of
the Lost Frontier of La Feria will
have in its cast players of wide ex
perience and training who will
bring to Valley theatergoers the
best entertainment since the pro
duction of “Seventh Heaven.” ac
cording to Katharine Oliver McCoy,
director. The play will be presented
at Harlingen the night of March 28.
Well known players in the cast
Include Katharine Oliver McCoy as
Mrs. Wellby,” who is well knowm
in the Valley, having performed
both at home and abroad; Glenn G.
White of Donna as “Grand Duke
a former member of the
Limle theater of Drake university,
Des Moines, Iowa: Margaret Oliver
as “Mary,” formerely a member of
the faculty of the speech arts de
i partment at the College of Indus
i Arts’ Dent°n: Ruth Voight.
McAllen, as “Connie.” teacher of
| dramatics in La Feria high school;
1 Robinson as “Amos.” remem
bered as “Blonde” in “Seventh
Heaven;” Nelle Robinson as “Alice.”
who had the part of “Arlette” in
Seventh Heaven;” Forrest Grove
a? ^utteridge,” whose training in
cludes days at the University of
Missouri and Columbia; Florence
Golenterneck as “Princess Irma,”
formerly of the University of Tex
as; Florence Winston as “Betty”
James Swann and Kynett Mitchell
as the Russian Princes and Roger
Dalton as the detective.
Miss Collins Better—Miss Lucille
Collins, who has been confined to
her bed for several days with an
attack of influenza and an opera
tion on her tonsils, is somewhat
better. She is not yet able to be
up. however.
Husband On Trial
Lays Wife’s Death
Leap To ‘Nerves’
HOUSTON, March 23.—UP)—
Counsel tonight began arguments
I to conclude the murder trial of
Thomas F. Whiteside, Jr., young
Houston attorney, whom the" state
contends so frightened his wife,
Rosa, that she jumped to death
from a second story window to
avoid him.
The testimony of rebuttal wit
nesses centered around an ice pick,
After relating his version of the
butcher knife and hand mirror,
tragedy. Whiteside declared he had
given the implements to departing
guests at his home the night of
the death leap, because his wife
had expressed fear that he would
harm her.
The state produced a butcher
knife and ice pick identified as
having been in the Whiteside
I apartment.
Whiteside contended that his
| wife's “nervous disposition” ac
! counted for her fatal jump.
HOLD LAST RITES
FOR MISS SHEARS
Funeral services for Miss Teresa
j Shears, 19, were held at Our Lady
: of Guadalupe church in Victoria
Heights at 4 p. m. Saturday, fol
lowed by interment in the city
cemetery.
Miss Shears died at the home of
her father in Victoria heights early
Friday morning. She is survived by
| four sisters, and two brothers, be
i sides her father.
Morris mortuary had charge of
the funeral arangements.
I. C. C. HEARING CLOSES
DALLAS, March 23.—'.■Pi—The
Texas phase of the Interstate Com
merce commission hearing into the
Missouri Pacific railway’s proposal
to institute in the southwest the
steel container method of handling
less than carlot shipments was end
ed here today. The commissioner’s
representative will continue the
hearing in Kansas City on March 28
and the final session w’ill be in New'
York April 4.
P.-T. A. MEETS
AT SINTON
10th District To Hold Con
ference April 4, 5, 6;
Valley Included
Preparations are now under way
for the Tenth district congress of
Mothers and Parent-Teachers asso
ciations, which is to be held in
Sinton April 3, 4, and 5. Mrs. Har
bert Davenport, of this city, is
president of the district, and will
be in charge of the meeting, and
representatives from all the Par
ent-Teachers’ associations of the
Lower Valley are expected to at
tend.
Besides the business to be taken
up by the district, an interesting
program is being arranged by the
Sinton association which is to be
hosts to the delegates from mem
ber associations of the district. The
home economics department of the
Sinton high school, of which Miss
Delta Neumann is head, will stage
a fashion review of school and
tailored dresses made by them in
their class work, and showing what
is being done in this line.
There is also to be an exhibition
of oil paintings of scenes of Aran
sas, San Patricio, and Nueces coun
ties. the work of Miss Denise Des
plats, a French artist who has been
working in south Texas for some
time.
Officers of the Tenth district in
clude. besides Mrs. Davenport,
president. Mrs. J. J. Closner, Edin
burg. vice president: Mrs. H. T.
Elkins. Sinton, first vice president;
■Mrs. John Lotspeich, Robstown,
second vice president; Mrs. T. A.
Simmons, Mission, third vice presi
dent: Mrs. John T. Lomax of San
Benito, fourth vice president; Mrs.
J. C. Montgomery, Weslaco, fifth
vice president; Mrs. John Felder
Aransas Pass, corresponding secre
tary: Mrs. Ed Rex Tarver. Laredo,
recording secretary; and Dr. Jen
nie Green, Corpus Christi, his
torian.
Counties included in the Tenth
district are Aransas, Brooks, Cam
eron, Duval. Hidalgo, Jim Wells,
Jim Hogg, Kleberg, Live Oak. Mc
Mullen. Nueces, San Patricio, Starr
and Webb.
OFFICER DIES AFTER
BEING SHOT BY THUGS
VAN ALSTYNE. Texas, March 23.
—(JP)—The search for four men
who attempted to rob two Van
Alstyne banks Thursday was re
doubled today with announcement
of the death at Sherman of W. L.
Echols, marshal at Van Alstyne,
shot as he frustrated the robbery
attempt.
MAN HANGS SELF AND
FIRES BALL INTO HEAD
SAN ANTONIO, March 23.——
Eugene Marconi, 41, whose body
was found today tied to a tree near
San Antonio, along the Corpus
Christi road committed suicide, said
a coroner's verdict. Tire body was
hanging from a limb, a rope tied
about the neck. There was a bullet
wound in the temple and a pistol in
front of the body.
Scottish Rite Of
Valley Will Meet
Here on March 28
The Mystic Feast of Maundy
Thursday will be conducted by the
Rio Grande Valley Scottish Rite
club at the El Jardin hotel on the
evening of March 28, it has been
announced by Geo. Mansur, presi
dent of the body.
Officers and the general com
mittee have been busy during the
past week preparing for the feast
and members from all sections of
the Valley are expected to be in
attendance.
The meeting will get under way
at 8 p. m. with Harry Nunn act
ing toastmaster. Invocation will
be delivered by Rev. R. O. Mack
intosh and this will be followed by
a toast to the president of the
United States by Sloan L. Bat
chelor. Other toasts will be given
by A. Wayne Wood. R. E. Green.
Jesse Dennett and Dr. Harry Loew.
A silent tribute will be paid the
dead.
The committee on arrangements
for the feast is headed by Mansur.
All communications in regard to
reservations should be addressed to
this body.
PERSONALS
T. S. Ruder of Monterrey, is at
the Travelers during his stay in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Henderson
are here from Dallas.
O. H. Gordon and A. C. Robins
of Houston were in the city Sat
urday.
S. Eggerston and Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Macombs, all of Dallas, ar
rived Saturday for a few days here.
Wm. Hancock came in Saturday
from Dallas.
R. C. Paul and O. P. Gaffney
arrived Saturday from San An
tonio.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Negley
were here from San Antonio Fri
day evening and Saturday morn
ing. They had in their party Col.
Lalu Stevard, of Sofia, Bulgaria,
and Mrs. C. G. Grimes, of Dayton,
Ohio. Mrs. Negley is the daughter
of former Postmaster General Bur
leson. While here they stopped
at the El Jardin.
Jose W. Bejaros is here from
New York.
D. E. Ellis, of Los Angeles, is
visiting Brownsville.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hankey, of
Petockey, Mich., are making a plea
sure visit to the Valley. They are
located at the El Jardin.
S. H. Russell has been in the city
several days. His home is Tampico.
M. R. Swan, of Corpus Christi,
is here for a day or two. Mr. Swan
is a frequent visitor here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Frey, and
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Roberts, all of
Chickasha, Okla., make up a party
pleasuring in the Valley for a few
days. They are making Brownsville
their headquarters.
R. A. Thorne of Fort Wayne.
Ind., is in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Spencer are
here from San Antonio.
E. C. Sandana is here from
Mexico City He is accompanied by
his daughter.
Mrs. G. H. Smith, of Milwaukee
arrived Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bolton are
here from Dallas for a few days.
C. Scott Thomas is in the city
looking after business. He is from
Detroit.
Major General H. B. Crosby,
tered at the El Jardin while here
on an inspection tour.
H. Givens is here from Corpus
Christi.
Juan Carmora arrived from
Mexico City Friday afternoon.
Herbert G. Ford, of Kansas City,
is here on business.
J. G. Christian of Waco is in
Brownsville.
Rafael Chegon of Mexico City
is spending a few days here.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Blasingame
of Fort Worth are here for a short
visit. They are registered at the
El Jardin.
W. Chester Gray, of Boston, is
in the city, having arrived Friday.
J. A. Assheton is here from Mex
ico City.
Robert H. Paul is a late arrival
from Waco.
Misses Agnes- Jackson, Mary Ann
Jackson and Margaret Lawrence.
Mrs. Ben Hicks, Bo Sangster, and
T. R. Kenedy, all of Point Isabel,
soent Saturday evening in Browns
ville.
L. T. Moffatt came in Saturday
afternoon from Dallas on business.
H. W. Thompson. B. Peters, and
S. Hopic. all of Chicago, make up
a party here for a few days look
ing over the Valley.
John L. Puckett was in the city
Saturday from Houston, and was
stopping at the Travelers’.
A. Weidenfeld, St. Louis, is at the
Travelers for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Heame are
visiting the city.
Henry Freygary and E. E. Board
came in from Houston for a short
stop in the Valley looking after
business.
Mrs. R. L. Prebere, of Point Isa
bel. is visiting Brownsville.
C. D. Johns, of Kingsvile, is in
the city.
Mr. and Ms. L. J. Schlack are
here from San Antonio.
T. J. Rues and H. D. Arthur,
from New Orleans, are here.
A. A. Paterson and D. P. Pace,
of Houston, are here on business.
Mrs. J. N. Foster of Kansas City
is here for a visit.
Jas. McAdams, of Chicago, is in
the city.
Mrs. Olive Garrett and her
daughter are at the El Jardin.
They are from South Bend, Ind.
L. J. Mason, Joe Pupkin and
Misses Grace Rhueman and Edna
Mae Nance spent Thursday eve
ning in Brownsville.
A. B. Scott and L. E. Tringle are
stopping at the Travelers. Their
home is San Antonio.
R. L. Reade and H. Cortez are
also here from San Antonio.
H. C. Glaze of Harlingen is in
the city.
E. H. Cheny is here from Hous
ton.
Louis Ambs is here from San
Antonio.
T. W. Elson is another visitor
from San Antonio.
S. C. Walker of W'aco is here for ' g
a day or two.
S. L. Easch and C. M. Lawrence !
are just in from Houston.
H. O. Pfeiffer is here from Cor
pus Christi.
Sam Landrum of Austin is in the
city on business.
A. Goodman and R. Muquarza :
are here from San Antonio.
Paul Findlisch arrived Thursday j
from Houston.
Miss Belle Richardson is visiting ;
here from Atlanta.
D E. Harrington and A. N. Pet- i
lerson are making a business visit j
to the city.
A. K. Kc'ler arrived from Kan- £
sas City Friday morning.
J. M. Partain is here from Kings- ,
ville.
John A. Boewin, of Corpus S
Christi, is in the city.
G. L. Brown. Edinburg, spent
Thursday in Brownsville.
Mrs. W. E. Eddis arrivde Fridav
morning from Los Angeles, and is
at the El Jardin.
W. C. Treaves, of San Antonio,
is in the city.
James Reed, of Amarillo, is here
for a day or two. He is located
at the El Jardin.
W. G. McGarr, of San Antonio,
and H. A. Milton, also of the Alamo
City, arrived in Brownsville Friday
morning for a short visit, and are
stopping at the El Jardin.
Brown McCallum is here from
Austin.
W. E. Lea, Orange, is a Browns
ville vistor.
A party of vistors to the Valiev
including G. O. Brown. G. S. Lyons. ;
and H. W. Brown, all of De
Quincy, La., and H. J. Moore, of
Vinton, La.
Clothing Stolen \
From Flannagan
Home Friday P. M. |
I The^ home of John Flannagan. in !
; Los Ebanos. was entered sometime I
between 9 and 10 p. m. Friday night,'
and a quantity of clothing belong
ing to Mrs. Flannagan stolen. En
trance was gained by cutting a
screen in the back part of the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Flannagan discov
ered the theft after returning from f
Harlingen about 11 p. m.
No clues as to the identity of the, 2
thief were found, Mr. Flannagan 11
said Saturday.
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j TOWNSITE
AUCTION
I Tuesday, Mar. 26 1
| AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M. 1
1 Five Miles East of Edinburg i
j A New Town on the S. P. Ry I
| and New Paved Highway 1
Your last opportunity to invest in a sure enough coming new city In thd
Valley. Wonderful trade territory surrounds this new location for a city«
Wonderful citrus soil well drained and an ideal location for a city. More
I than a quarter million citrus now set in a three-mile radius of San Carlos. ■
' funk what this will mean for the future of this baby city in a few years! 1
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| One-fourth cash, balance in 6,12 or 18 months; or S
I one-fourth cash and balance in 18 monthly pay- B
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Arrangements now made for water, light, electric power*
telephones, gas, etc. Main Street to be graveled at once.
Other improvements coming.
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Real Estate Auctioneer Sales Manager
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