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JOHNSTON IS
ROTARY GUEST
1 San Benito Men Plan Side
I Trip To Valley After
I Meet In Dallas
| SAN BENITO. April 5 —The San
| || Benito Rotary club held its weekly
I P luncheon and meeting at the Stone
1wall Jackson hotel here today and
If jWas entertained by the local high
I* school band, tvho also sat at the
F luncheon as guests of Fred Sheer,
manager of the hotel,
r : Besides the members of the band,
L who plan to leave tomorrow morn
j ing to participate in the South
K® west Texas musical meet to ba
held at Kingsville Friday and Sat
i urday. the local high school girls’
glee club also rendered pleasing en
f tertainment in the way of songs,
/ with a number by Miss Maude
Nosier, chief soloist of the girls’
group.
A talk was made by C. A.
Wheatley, president of the Texas
division of the Izaak Walton league
concerning the organization he rep
resents, during which reference
was made to the meeting to be held
^ at the local chamber of commerce
; tomorrow night for the purpose of
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A slight miscalculation brought about the wreck of the troop train,
above, near Escalon, Mexico. During the retreat of General Jose
Escobar, revolutionary leader, from Torreon, orders were given to
blow up a bridge to prevent the advance of federal soldiers. A rebel
troop train was demolished by the explosion.
effecting a local organization of the
league.
Mr. Fred Johnston of the John
ston Printing Co. of Dallas spoke
on the international Rotary con
vention to be held at Dallas in
June of this year, when 36 coun
tries, without counting either Can
ada or Mexico, wi'l be represented
at the meet. After Mr. Johnston’s
talk, a secret ballot between mem
bers of the San Benito Rotary ciub |
was effected for the purpose of I
ascertaining the amount of money,
the number of cars, etc., that
could be depended upon in order to
oropose a side trip of the conven
tion to the Rio Grande Valley.
Plenty of witticisms referring to
Mr. Johnston and to Dallas in
general were made by Mr. Pimen
tel of the Outdoor Advertising com
pany of Houston, who also was
present at the luncheon.
ONLY THREE FELONIES
SAN BENITO. April 5—Of the
-60 cases tried in the local justice
cf the peace court since January,
only three have been felonies, it
was announced today.
“PARSON” SW INDLES 30
BELFAST—Herbert Cyril Gat
; haw, posing as an English clergy
man. swindled 30 tradesmen during
a two-week stay here.
Retail Merchants
Body Incorporated
By State of Texas
Articles cf incorporation have
been granted the Brownsville Re
tail Merchants association by the
state department at Austin, accord
ing to a telegram received by W. A.
French, manager of the local or
ganization. The body was incor
porated by French, J. Bernadine
Price and Lena French.
President Sam Perl expects to call
a meeting next week of the commit
tee apnointed to form a constitution
and by-laws for the merchants.
Those on this group are Sam
Houghston. Sherwood Bishop. J. R.
Harris. J. P. Pipkin and Perl.
Perl and French recently added 12
members with a short canvass,
bringing the total membershio to 62.
The newcomers are E. Manautou,
West «*- Hightower. C. R. Tuggle &
Son, Bollack Dry Goods Co.. The
Flower Shoo. The Brownsville Bak
ery'. Batsell - Wells, International
Drug Co.. Velvorene Oil Co., H H.
Hardin I umber Co.. El Jardin Hotel
and the International Iron Works.
Since reorganization the associa
tion has been making rapid prog
ress. Miss Price, secretarv states.
Card indexes are being built up.
More than 50 reports ere being giv
en merchants each day on credit
prospects.
Missouri Pac i f i c
Transportation Co,
Adds To Equipment
Adding the third new 22-passen
ger Vis within the past two months
in the Valley, the Missouri Pacific
Transportation company has com
missioned ore of their large stan
dardized models on the Brownsville
Missicn route.
The new bus is similar to two
recently added and was built es
pecially for the M. P. bus lines.
These are highly upholstered and
give the maximum of comfort with
individual seats. L. C. Fitch, super
intendent. states.
The new buses being sent here
are part of a replacement program
and new rolling stock will continue
to be added to the Valley lines from
time to time. Old vehicles are being
sent to Little Rock. Ark., shops to
be scrapped or comoletelv rebuilt.
In an effort to better the service,
a petition is now pending before the
railroad commission seeking to
make use of the regular M. P de
pots in the Valiev instead of the
branches established by the Black
Diamond Bus line. This move
would add to the comfort of those
waiting for cars. Fitch states.
Another objective sought by the
company is an adiustment on the
charges for a small express service.
This also will have to go before the
railroad commission.
GIVES LIFE FOR HUSBAND
LONDON.—Mrs. Elizabeth Robin
son died an hour after she had giv
en her blood for a transfusion op
eration on her husband.
ELECT BOARDS
ON SATURDAY
Valley To Name Trustees
For School Districts;
Few Changes Seen
Ballots were printed and voting
equipment was placed in the hands
of election managers over the Val
ley Friday for the school trustee
elections to be held Saturday.
Shake-ups do not seem the order of
the day as many of the old boards
are being returned to office with
out opposition.
This is particularly true of the 22
districts in Cameron county where
no opposition to the county board
of Lee R. Vance, Dr. J. A. Hockaday,
Francis M. Davis, L. M. Vigness and
A. L. Brooks has cropped out. The
Brownsville independent district
also is returning old members to the
board in Harbert Davenport, Ike A.
Dudley. J. S. Graham and O. V.
Lawrence. The Brownsville election
will be held at the Old Grammar
school building cn Ninth street be
tween Adams and Madison.
Candidates’ names are placed on
the ballot in these elections through
; petitions signed by at least five
qualified voters in his district.
In addition to the trustee election,
Brownsville voters will pass on a
$75,000 bond issue to be used for
remodeling of the old grammar
school and construction of a new
six-rocm ward school in Alta Vista.
! This will take care of the growth of
the city for some time to come, it
is believed. The scholastic census
just comnleted here shows an in
crease 312 pupils over the previous
year. The 1029-30 census shows
4733 children of school age as
against 4421 cn the rolls for 1928
1929.
I On addition to the regular in
! crease next year, six-years-olds will
j be taken in the census under a new
state law-. F. E. Starck. secretary of
| the district, points to these fac
t6rs in connection with the bonds
| for the additional school room. He
j also assures that values and rates
I for 1929 vouM not be changed by
I the bond issue as new valuations
| would take care of the bonds.
(Special to The Herald)
SANTA MARIA, April 5—Six
J candidates for three places on the
! school board of the Santa Marie In
dependent school district will be
voted upon at the regular election
j Saturday.
Retiring candidates all of whom
are asking re-election, are A. G.
Gunn. J. F. Mock and A. J. Phil
lips. Other candidates for the places
are G. G. Killion. Paul Merton and
i B. M. Samscm, Jr.
Members of the present board
whose terms do not expire are P. P.
: Smith. J. FI. Clifton. C. G. Person
: ious and A. L. Bauer.
especial to The Herald.)
I DONNA. April 5.—Five men are
! candidates for three places to be
J filled on the board of trustees of
the Donna independent school dis
trict. The election is to be held
Saturday.
The candidates are J. M. Harbin.
H. L. Towns. E. W. Watts, J. K.
| Martin and C. O. Sheldon. Watts
j and Martin are members of the
* present board whose terms expire.
The third man whose term expires,
W. M. White, is not a candidate.
! Members who remain on the
board are H. B. Scott, president of
! the board, J. H. Ventrees, O. F.
Davis and S. F. Reed.
(Special to The Herald.)
j SAN BENITO. April 4.—M. J.
; Dodson, W. B. Haines and S. C.
: Sparks, whose terms as members
of the board of trustees of the San
Benito independent school district
are expiring are candidates for re
election without opposition. The
! election is to be held Saturday.
Members of the board w-ho are
| holdovers are F. N. Booth, president,
j I. R. Gilbert. Kent S. Manning and
iH. B. Lvingston. Dodson is secre
tary of the board.
(Special to The Herald.)
MERCEDES, April 5.—For mem
bers of the Mercedes independent
school district b*ard of trustees are
candidates for re-election here Sat
| urday without opposition. They are
Charles H. Hupp, president; R. T.
Stotler, vice president; R. H. Kern,
and James R. Barry.
Holdover members of the board
1 are L. H. Henry, R. H. Smith and
B. F. Byers.
RIO HONDO. April 5.—Seven
men have announced their candi
dacies for place on the board of
trustees of the Rio Hondo inde
pendent school district at an elec
tion to be held here Saturday and
a spirited election is indicated. Four
places are to be filled.
M. Houghtling, Joe Yoeman and
W. J. Mercer, members whose terms
expire, are candidates for re-elec
tion. D. P. Rounds, the fourth re
tiring member is not a candidate.
Other men in the race are C. A.
Malleree, J. A. Arnett, F. O. Lewis
and George Fields.
Members of the board who will
continue in office are J. W. Tread
way, Lee Maddox and C. D. Hoover.
MISSION. April 5.—Citizens of
the Mission independent school dis
trict- Saturday will vote on four
members of the board of trustees.
Two of the men whose terms expire,
H. H. Rankin and John P. Waite,
are candidates for re-election. Other
names on the ticket are A. H.
Stroble and J. F. Ewers.
George W. Koehler and R. D.
Buckley, whose terms also expire,
are not candidates. At noon Friday
no opposition to the above ticket
had developed.
Members of the present board j
who remain in office are Owen
Council, president, Dr. T. J. Cald
well and Mrs. C. D. Eppright.
PHARR. April 5.—A. A. Kelley,
Roy Dribelbis and G. L. Callis, man
agers of the board of trustees of j
the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo inde
pendent school district whose terms
are expiring, are candidates for re
election without opposition.
Kelley is president of the present
board.
Members whose terms do not ex
pire are L. C. Lemen, Charles Star
lin, R. L. Tolies and Clayton Stot
ler.
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Following are candidates for!
places on the board of trustees in
common and the smaller indepen- j
dent school districts of Cameron
county, according to announcement
of Mrs. W. K. Jones, county super- !
intendent.
El Jardin—Four to be elected—
candidates, Mrs. C. L. Hunter, Mrs.
H. E. Trippett, Gfeo. French, Mrs. O. i
D. Personett, Mrs. J. T. Adams, Mrs.
Bearden, L. A. Driver, Lee Martin.
Wilson Tract—Four to be elected.
Candidates: George Jeffus, W. B.
Cragon, E. M. Day. George Jeffers,
B. J. Allen, Fred B. Bucker, F. E.
Reynolds, Mrs. Guy R. Godfrey.
Highland—E. R. Nae, Denver
Hance, A. A. Miller.
Los Fresnos—M. F. Orr. Mrs. F.
C. Dickey, C. R. Moeiand, W. W.
Moses.
Olmito—J. A. Womack. E. C. San
born, T. B. Helmuth, C. H. Pinkley,
H. O. Strman, Sam Houghston, H.
J. Meyer, J. C. Steel.
Stuart Place—Mrs. W. H. Maupin, j
J. J. Garrett, Harold Gariison, M. j
F. Arrington.
Briggs—Coleman, Mrs. J. Mar
shall.
Villa Nueva—R. L. Peters, F. C. 1
James. L. L. Lloyd.
Landrum—Carlos epeda, Amelia
Perez.
Santa Rosa—A. P. Taliaferro. C.
E. Detert, John Wirth, Harold A.
Ferrin, M. L. Ross. C. E. Detert.
Point Isabel—Mrs. W. H. Pattee,
Mrs. S. C. Glass, Clarence H. Hol
comb. Mariano Holland, C. L. Wil
liams, Juan Tamayo.
Los Inaios—R. O. Barron. A. W. j
Condit, W. H. Crockett, H. E. Bal
linger.
Palm Grove—A. M. Russell, Harry i
M. Crow, M. M. Brown.
Richardson Plans
To Attend Dallas
Meet of T. C. E. A.
G. C. Richardson, manager of the
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce,
will leave by rail Saturday night for
Dallas where he will attend the
three-day school conducted by the
Texas Commercial Executives as
sociation. Richardson will arrive
prior to the business sessions in or
der to confer with other officers in
the organization. The local cham
ber of commerce head is a director
in the state body. He also is a past
president.
Other Valley secretaries contem
plating attending the school in
clude J. E. Beil of San Benito, Myron
Ward of Harlingen. Whit Rogers of
McAllen. J. W. Osborn of Donna.
John Robinson of Edinburg and
George Kohler of Mission.
The meeting will be opened Mon
day morning with an address of wel
come bv Gov. Dan Moody and re
snonse bv c. J. Kellem. manager of
the Chattanooga, Tenn.. chamber.
Ralph Bradford, now of Washing
ton. but formerly of Corpus Christi,
will speak on “The Chamber—Its
Structure and Program ”
Other subjects to be discussed in
clude aviation, city planning and
zoning, relation of the chamber to
the city, industrial development,
highways, community advertising,
agriculture and relations of indus
try to agriculture.
TWENTY KILLED IN
RUMANIAN WRECK
BUCHAREST. Rumania. April 5.
—OF)—Twenty persons were killed
and 59 injured when the Buchar
est-Jassy express train was derail
ed last nighte nar Buzev. Most of
the bodies remained in the snow
all night until relief trains ar
rived.
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PATimVM)TGR;CQ
EXPECT VALLEY
TO SET RECORD
Over 25,000 Cars to Move
This Season, Is Predic
tion of Shippers
Shipments from the Valley this
season may exceed the 25,000 car
forecast of the early season, accord
ing to shippers who state that the
volume depends largely upon mar
ket conditions. Approximately 16,000
cars have been shipped, not includ
ing the express and truck move
ment, which has been heavier than
in any previous year.
The potato, bean and onion move
ments are now near the peak, and
carrot and beet shipments are hold
ing approximately the same as
throughout the past three weeks.
By May 1 the shipment of early to
matoes will be in full swing, with
corn and melons coming on later.
Anise, broccoli, pease, peppers, egg
plant and other commodities are ex
pected to be shipped in greater vol
ume during the late spring months
than ever before, as the upper Gulf
section, due to the late freeze, will
not get into the deal until two or
three weeks later than usual.
With over 7.500 acres planted to
tomatoes, shipments are expected to
break all previous records. The
movement from the Mexican west
coast has been light, due to revolu
tionary activities in that region, and
the Florida crop is not up to the
usual standard in either quality or
quantity. East Texas will be late
in getting into the deal, indicating a
long season for the Valley tomato
growers.
The slump in the cabbage market
proved a serious blow to the Valley
and is expected to cut total ship
ments between 1.000 and 2,000 cars.
South Carolina is moving cabbage
in heavv volume and shippers do
not anticipate much improvement
in the market.
One of the outstanding features of
the season has been the steady in
crease in mixed car shipments, ap
proximately 4,000 mixed cars having
been moved, most of which have
gone into the smaller markets. With
the advance of the season and a
wider range of commodities avail
able mixed car loadings have shown
a decided increase, ranging from 50
to 80 cars daily, with San Benito
the heaviest loading point.
BANDS, GLEE CLUBS
GO TO MUSIC MEET
^Special to The Herald.!
S.4N BENITO. April 5.—Only the
local high school band, orchestra
and Girls’ Glee club were to leave
here Friday to attend the South
Texas State eTachers’ college musi
cal meet to be held at Kingsville
Friday and Saturday. Previously it
had been announced that the boys’
glee club would also patricipate, but
it was learned later that only three
divisions are allowed to be repre
sented at the elimination meet.
A special Valley train will leave
here tomorrow morning carrying
Valley contestants and boosters.
a MUSICAL COP
HASBURG. Eng.—Policeman R.
C. Davies got a job as pianist in
an inn and secured evidence to con
vict the owner of breaking the law.
MELTING SNOW SHOWS
BODY OF LOST BOY
GORDON, Neb., April 5.—(fP)—
The snow that cost him his life
has melted away, revealing to
searchers the body of six-year-old
Melvin Reeves. The boy, hunting a
lost mitten, was caught in a terrific
blizzard three weeks ago and per
ished.
The body was found last night
by George Davis, employe at the
ranch of Nathan Hiller. It lay in
a cow path about 200 yards from
the Hiller ranch house, indicating
the boy had been trying to reach
the home of Mrs. Hiller, his aunt, j
SAN BENITO CHOSEN
FOR BAPTIST MEET
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. April 5.—San Be
nito was chosen for the next con
vention of the fifth district of the
Baptist Wome’s Missionary Union
to be held next April at the annual
convention of the Union which closed
at Kingsville yesterday. Mrs. F. S.
Robertson of San Benito w’as re
elected president of the organiza
tion.
Included in the fifth district of
the Union are Corpus Christi,
Blanco and the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
Strings of Pearls,
Jewelry Taken From
Davenport Home
Officers today are seeking
thieves who robbed the home of
C. W. Davenport at 239 W. St.
Charles street of two strings of
valuable pearls and other jewelry
belonging to Mrs. Davenport and
her daughter.
The men gained entrance to the
house through the kitchen window
and evidently were frightened away
as Mrs. Davenport on returning
home found her colthes tied into
a bundle and put under the bed.
Both strings of pearls were gifts
and Mrs. Davenport had received
one of them only a week before the
robbery.
Officers in Matamoros have«ecn
given a description of the loo^.id
have been asked to watch icf it
there.
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