Brownsville herald. [volume], June 13, 1929, Page NINE, Image 9

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HEAVY WEEVIL INFESTATION THREATENS VALLEY COTTON
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*BOYD URGES
POISONING
Survey Reveals Good Crop;
Small Cotton Blooming;
Weevils Spread
CSpecial to The Herald)
8AN BENITO, June 13—The In
festation of boll weevils in Valley
cotton at the present time is one
of the heaviest in the history of
cotton raising in this section, ac
cording to H. P. Boyd, vice presi
dent of the Valley Gin company.
Mr. Boyd made this statement
after completing a survey of the
Valley cotton, making trips through
the fields in practically all sections.
He said that the cotton prospects
appear to be fairly good, with the
execution of the weevil.
"The trouble is most of the farm
ers do not realize the extent of in
festation,” he said. "Ihe cotton
looks fairly good, and few bolls are
dropping, mainly because the Infes
tation has just started spreading,
and the bolls were large when in
fested.
“The infestation Is one of the
heaviest I have seen in the Val
ley, and farmers throughout the
STOP THAT ITCHING
Use Blue Star Soap, then apply
Blue Star Remedy for Eczema, itch,
tetter, ringworm, poison oak. dan
druff. children’s sores, cracked
hands, sore feet and most forms of
Itching skin diseases. It kills germs,
stops itching, usually restoring the
skin to health. Soap 25c; Blue Star
Remedy, $1.00. Ask your druggist
—Adv.
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for those
DELICIOUS and DELECTABLE
PARTY SANDWICHES
$ THE
' POPULAR DUPLEX LOAF
of
BUTTER-NUT QUALITY BREAD
HAS NO EQUAL
always
FRESH PURE WHOLESOME
DUPLEX flnTTER-NlIT rOT-TAOE l
L ■ 1 BREAD - ^ 1
Baked by VALLEY BAKING COMPANY
W. L. TRAMMELL, Prw. HARLINGEN
Forthis week
“Uneeda Bakers”
ir®<E<n>oiiDEnni©nodI
GINGER WAFER
SANDWICH
A
cream • . . Isn't that a piquant combination? Good "home*
made** materials, only, go into them. Buy them by the pound.
D NATIONAL
BISCUIT COMPANY
“Uneeda Bakers*'
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THREATENED CITY FIGHTS MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
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Hundreds of citizens Joined engineers in battling a crumbling levee which threatened inundation of
Greenville. Miss. At the right is a “well” of sand bigs sunk by engineers t ocombat danger of a sand boil
which developed in the Mississippi river. Greenville was flooded in 1927 when a levee crumbled.
section should begin poisoning at
once. Only about 10 per cent of
the farmers have poisoned so kit."
Boyd demonstrated seven cotton
bolls that he picked from the stalks
in a field near Pharr. Of the seven
five were so badly infested as to
be worthless.
Cotton throughout the Valley Is
beginning now to put on a new
crop of blooms and squares, and
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poisoning at this time will save this
cotton, Boyd said. He said much
i of the cotton appears to be recov
ering from the effects of heavy
rains, and that a large part of
the small cotton is blooming now.
The large weevil infestation will re
I suit in this bloom being practically
a total loss, unless farmers poison.
PICKER SUPPLY
ABUNDANT
. < Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, June 13.—There
will be plenty of cotton pickers to
handle the Valley’s crop this season,
i in the opinion of farmers who as
sembled at a meeting here to dis
cuss cotton picking prices.
Farmers at this meeting decided
that they will set a definite price
at another gathering here June 25.
Meetings in the various ginning
precincts have been called for June
22. so the committee chairmen may
! get the ideas of the farmers in
each community.
While not deciding on the price,
farmers indicated they expected to
pay a rather low price, and de
cided they mdll furnish no sacks
Last year was the first time the
practice of asking the picker to fur
nish the sacks was started in the
Valley, and farmers are adopting
it generally In the section.
Pineapple Growing
In Florida Can Be
Revived Is Claim
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 13.—
The Florida State Chamber of
Commerce believes that Florida’s
pineapple industry should be and
can be revived, according to a
J news article released from the of
fices of the chamber of commerce
; in this city.
There were thousands of crates of
! pineapples produced along the low
er East Coast at one time and
thousands of acres that were once
; utilized in growing pineapples have
been idle since the Industry was
abandoned. It has been demon
strated that Ptmta Gorda. on the
lower West Coast, can produce some
of the larp«st and best pineapples
grown in the world. Growers say
1 that If satisfactory tariff protec
tion were given to the Florida
"rower, pineapple production could
be resumed on a profitable basis.
This would enable Florida to use
j many acres of the ground that at
nresent is lying useless and would
help to diversify the crons in the
state, so that, there would be a
more steady flow’ of Income in the
state and also would be a great
benefit during the situation that
has arisen bv the Mediterranean
i fruit fly Infestation.
FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
Proceedings of the Fourth Court
of Civil Appeals:
Causes submitted:
R. L. Johnston et ux vs. I. Mor
ales et al. from Nueces.
Leslie T. Porter et vir vs. J. P.
Sullivan, from Brooks.
Dallas Coffins company vs.
Claude Yeager, garnishee, from
Maverick.
E. P. Lipscomb vs. A. K. Japhet
et ux. from Bexar.
M. T. Cogley et al vs. John Walsh
e tal. from Webb.
Ora Ethel Smith et al vs. August
Ecket. from Kimble.
Frank Allen et al vs. State Mort
gage Corporation, from Bexar.
James Dickinson Farm Mortgage
company vs. H. B. Galbraith, trus
tee. from Cameron,
j Caffarelli Bros, et a! vs. Prlce
Davts Drug company, from Cam
eron.
Town of Refusio vs. George
Strauch et al from Refugio.
Cau-rs decided:
Martin Besteiro et al vs. Maria
Inez Besterio et al, from Cameron,
reversed and remanded.
Humble Pipe Line comnanv vs E
B. Kincaid et al. from Uvalde; re
versed and remanded.
C Pf“pl!T et al '■* Albert C.
smith from Bexar, reversed and re
manded.
B B. Simmonds et al vs. St.
Louis. Brownsville and Mexico Rail
way company, from Nueces, af
firmed.
Motions passed on:
White Point Oil and Gas com- :
nany vs. Katie L. Dunn et vir. from
San Patricio, motion for additional
rehearing overruled.
White Point Oil and Gas com
pany vs Katie L. L *nn et vir. from
San Patricio, apnellant's motion for
rehearing overruled.
Martin Bestero et al vs. Maria
Inez Besteiro et al. from Cameron
county, motion for rehearing grant
ed and Judgment reversed and re
j manded.
' Humble Pipe Line company vs. E.
B. Kincaid, from Uvalde, motion
for rehearing granted. Judgment re
versed and remanded.
W. K. and Martha Whitley vs. F.
E. Hovrci .n from Real, appellant's
motion for rehearing overruled.
W. F. Blesee et ux vs. O. D. Wes
sels, from Bee. motion for rehearing
overruled.
D. D. Harrigan vs. Jacob Wolff,
from Bexar, motion for appellant,
D. D. Harrigan, for rehearing, over
ruled.
I Service
Supremacy
Price and quality
prime essential* in buying
groceries and meats.
When the fairness of price
and the degree of quality
are known, service must be
added to give complete sat
isfaction.
Phone i
f>20 |
I or
_J 921
i
One claim to service su
. premacy that we have is our
delivery system.
Call us on either phone,
920 or 921, and let us de- *
li’f.'r your groceries and
meats — promptly.
Ainsworth
& C tlgin
Grocery and Market
BROWNSVILLE
PLAN PROGRAM
FOR FLAG DAY
t
Elks and Legion Post To
Honor Birthday of
Old Glory
Friday official birthday of Old
Glory, will be observed in Browns
ville with a program at the Elks
hall, sponsored by the Elks and the
American Legion. The time is set for
7:30 p. m.. and the general public
is invited to Join the two organiza
tions in the celebration.
The local camp of Spanish war
veterans will hold a flag sale on
that day. proceeds to pay for the
camp flags. Any surplus is to go In
to the emergency fund for veterans
and their dependents. Headquar
ters for the day will be located at
the store building formerly occupied
by Aziz brothers, in the Merchants’
National bank.
All patriotic organizations, includ
ing the American Legion and the
legiqn auxiliary and the Daughters
of the American Republic are urg
ing the homes and business houses
to display flags on this date.
The program follows:
Music, “Star Spangled Banner."
Introductory exercises, exalted
ruler and officers of the lodge.
Prayer, chaplain.
Song.
History of the flag, Sam Hugh
ston.
Altar service, esquire and officers
of the lodge.
Song. “Auld Lang Syne.”
Music, violin solo, Miss A. L.
Putegnat acomnanied by her moth
er. Mrs. A. S. Putegnat.
Response, G. W. Dennett.
Patriotic address. Harbert Daven
port.
Song. “America,” by assembly.
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Three Men Sentenced
For Slaying Cripple
In Dallas Holdup
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DALLAS. June 13.—(/Pi—The mur
der of a crippled white man. who
was unable to obey the command
of robbers to “stick ’em up-’ because
his hands were holding the weight
of his body, today stood punished
by the courts.
The conviction yesterday of Ed
ward Landers, negro, and the as
sessing of a 25-year penalty by
the Jury for the murder of Joe
Piccola. groceryman. here last Feb
ruary, was the third In the case.
Ardell Landers. Edward s brother,
was sentenced to death in the elec
tric chair as the man who fired the
fatal shots. M. L. Lacy, another
negro, was given 25 years.
CONVICT HOPES RADIO
SONGS BRING PAROLE
COLUMBUS, Ohio. June 13—VP)
Harry Ainsworth Dawson, the "black
sheep of the air.” who is No. 54763 in
the Ohio penitentiary, hopes to sing
his way out of prison. He is the
Harry of “Harry and Roy” on
WAIU and has sung his composition
“I’m Just a Black Sheep" over the
radio many times.
Dawson, serving for robbery, in
tends to become a professional song
writer he says, when—and if—he
is paroled. His freedom may not
be so easily won, however, as four
other sets of officials also want to
see him when he is through here.
ligggg—
WINS $25,000
Willi. :n T. Scanlon of Fontana.
Wls, won a 125.000 prize for his
war book, “God Have Mercy on
Us.”
SHOES OF LIZARD
GOOD FOR SNAKES
CALCUTTA, June 13—The de
mand for lizard skins for women’s
shoes is causing alarm in India
Lizards feed on young snakes and
snakes’ eggs, and it is feared that
their wholesale slaughter will lead
to a heavy increase in the death
roll from snakebite. A law is being
drafted to stop the slaughter of liz
ards for commercial purposes.
i TARIFF ENVOYS
LEAVE TONIGHT
J. E. Bell and Brown Whito
To Teatify At Wash
ington
(Special to The Herald*
SAN BENITO. June 13— Brown
White, produce shipper, and J. E.
Bell, chamber of commerce man
ager here, will leave tonight fer
Washington to represent this sec
tion before the senate tariff com
mittee.
They will give testimony mainly in
connection with the effort to se
cure a tariff on Mexlca., tomatoes,
a three-cent tariff having been in
cluded in the bill which passed the
house.
The two Valley men were selected
at a recent tariff meeting In Austin,
called by the Southern Tariff asso
ciation.
LOZANO RESIDENTS
PLAN CELEBRATION
SAN BENITO. June 13 —Prepara
tions for a celebration at Lozano,
on the Southern Pacific near here,
are being made by residents of the
Browne tract and nearby sections
to observe opening of hte new rood
tn*o that part of the county.
The celebration will Include mu
sic. refreshments, talks, dances. No
definite date has been set.
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CENTRAL CASH
GROCERY
633 Eleventh Street Brownsville, Texas
Specials (or Friday, Saturday and Monday
SUGAR Pounds 52c I
|| DC ATtlEC Sliced’Gold Bar> 91 c
iMUlCj No. 21 2, per can.Li
7' Tj A Upton’s, 10c size, Qe
ILH Per can. 0
CHIT Morton’s, Round, 1 Ap
Per package .1U
Cl fit ID Angel 48 Lbs., per sack ... $180
rLl/UiV J £
ACDAIMPHC Del Monte or Prattlow, QO r
>i\ji iiamiUtJ No. 1 Square can, per can..♦?>£
WX7QC0N fill Pints, per can.25c
siiujuUn l?f L Quarts, per can. 46c
«F.eLy0Couenlry i> PCr . JJC
Gentlemen No. 2, per can.16c
COFFEE ;:r ,1—d - 45c
SAUCE p“ .28c j
MUSTARD Kt;...11«J
CHILE CON CARNE .11'
MAYONNAISE ft
El Food 11-oz., per jar. 29c I
BACON NUGGETS ^ 22'
BACON St-’!'.I
RIITTFP Cloverbloom, (in quarter pounds), JQc B
DU 1 ILU Per pound ...... • **
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