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"1RGE BILL FOR
QUARANTINE
/alley Wires Legislators
To Speed Up Work On
Emergency Measure
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<Special to The Herald*
SAN BENITO. June 28—Tele
pams and letters were being for
warded today from all parts of the
Valley to representatives and sena
tors from this#section at Austin
jrging that they speed tip passage (
3f the emergency quarantine bill !
jiving funds to the department of
agriculture in the state to protect
he state against '-be Mediterranean
fruit fly.
A letter received here from Geo
B. Terrell, commissioner of agricul
ture. stated that the bill has not
oassed. and expressed fear that it.
may die on the calendar.
A wire was immediately sent from
the San Benito Chamber of Com-1
merce. and other chambers of com
merce in the Valley were informed
®f the situation and asked to take
*hnt steps they considered ad visa
He in aiding.
?*irst to paint an aerinl sign to i
| fuide aviators, the Gettysburg, Pa .
j Elks lodge recently was awarded a
medal by the Guggenheim founda
tion.
Speaker Scores Jury
Dodger As Factor In
Lawlessness Spread
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. June 28—The ju
ror who serves because he gets a
small amount of money for it. and
who will send a man to the peni
tentiary for possessing liquor and
the next day buy liquor himself, was
scored by Judge James Q. Louthan
in an address before the Kiwanis
club here.
Judge Louthan. who is president
of the Rotary club, attributed law
lessness to a certain extent to the
laxity of citizens In regard to jury
service. He condemned persons who,
seek to evade jury service.
Men who are most capable to
judge usually avoid jury service, he
said.
Where one murderer in 50 is con
victed in the United States, only
one in 50 escapes in England, Judge
Louthan declared, and said this is
largely the reason that there is 20
per cent more crime here than in
England.
E. H. Pargny was taken in as a
member of the club. He represents
the Portland Cement company here.
THREE MORE BALES
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. June 28—Peoples
Gin here Thursday turned out
three bales of cotton to bring the
total for the season up to 10.
Heavy ginning is expected to get
under way within two weeks.
Omaha Convent Founder
May Be First U. S. Saint
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A trial this summer sponsored by Bishop Joseph F. Rumrael! of Oma
ha (right) will open proceedings to determine if sainthood shall be
conferred on Mother Magdalene (left), founder of Omaha's Poor
Clare convent (below).
OMAHA. Neb. June 28— (P)—
Mother Mary Magdalene, an Italian
noblewoman who established this
country's first Poor Clare convent
in Omaha, 50 years ago. may be
come America's first saint.
During her life she -practiced
virtues to an heroic degree.’ the
ologians believe, and therefore is
entitled to sainthood. Canonization
proceedings are under way.
Mother Magdaiene was Countess
Annette Bentivoglio. daughter of
the governor of Rome before she
assumed the brown habit or ner or
der. She died in Evansville, Ind.,
in 1905.
The canonization, if finally j
achieved, may take 5 or 50 years.
Only once before has such a pro- j
ceeding been instituted in the I
United States and it still is pending.
A solemn trial this summer will
determine Mother Magdalene’s
claim. By appointment of Bishop
Joseph F. Rummel of Omaha, the i
Very Rev. Albert Kleber of St.
Mcinrad’s. Ind.. will be vice-postu
lator. and present the case for
Mother Magdalene.
The Rev. Peter Gannon of Omaha ’
will be the prosecutor, or “devil's!
advocate.” He will contest every
claim and attempt to prove it, false
The Rev. Jeremiah Buckley of Oma- j
ha will sit as judge. If the carev
inals and the nope agree with the j
Omaha inquisition that her life was
stainless, she may be called “Vrn
erable" and further Investigation
begun.
Beautification Is the next step.
For this an inquiry must be made
into Mother Magdalene's reouto*;on
for “sanctity and miracles.” It is
a much more rigid inquiry than that
required for veneration. Once more
the evidence will go to Rome for
scrutiny.
For formal canonization evidence
of at least two miracles must be
produced.
If canonization is achieved in the
end. It will be formally bestowed1
at magnificent ceremonies in the
Vatican. Cost of such inquiry a»id
the ceremonies generally exceeds
$50,000.
Annette Bentivoglio’s family was
one of the most illustrious in ira.y.
For generations its men had been
lords of Bologna. Annette, says a
sketch of her life, was high spirited,
and “had the daring recxicssness or
a lad.”
She grew to be a beautiful wom
an. but rejected offers of marriage.!
entering the Poor Clare convent at
San Lorenzo in her twenty-sixth;
year.
In 1875 the religious orders were
meeting opposition in Italy and
Mother Magdalene was sent to i
America to find a new haven. Ap
parently forgotten by her superiors,
she tried in vain to found converts j
in New York Cify. New Orleans
and Cleveland, but each failed for
lack of funds or lack of cooperation
from the clergy.
Discouraged, she came to Omaha
in 187!) and ob’air.-d aid from John
Creighton, a papal count and mil
lionaire renowned for his charities
Creiehton built a convent for Moth
er Magdalene and her sister, who
had taken the name of Sister Con-;
stance, mistress of novice*.
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Valley Scouts Make
Ready For Journey
To Annual Jamboree
'Special to The Herald'
MERCEDES. June 28—Repre
senting 1 "00 Valley Boy Scouts.
Leonard ‘ Bud” Van Berg of Mer- j
cedes and Milton “Mickey” Kelly of
McAllen leave Saturday for San
Antonio for a week’s training in I
camp preparatory to embarking for
the International Scout Jam5oree
to be held at Arrowe Park. Birken
head. England. July 30. to August
14.
The first two weeks in camp will
be snent with 50,000 other scouts.,
representing 42 countries.
The scouts also will visit France.
Belgium, Germany and Switzer
land. returning to the United States
September 3.
Contractor Gets
Suspended Term
For Negro’s Death
'Special to The Herald'
EDINBURO. June 28.—Arthur L
Gunton, Edinburg building con
tractor. charged with the murder
of Ed Bass, negro, in a barber shop j
h*re last July 1. was convicted and
dven a five-year suspended sen
tence in 79th district court here
Thursday.
Gupton pleaded self-defense,
maintaining he shot Bass only after
the later had advanced upon him
in a threatening manner.
Assistant District Attorney Rog
ers Kelley prosecuted the case ihd
Tom Hartley of Pharr and T O
Mitchell of McAllen were defense
attorneys.
WEBB DEFENDS ;
WET SLAYINGS
Anti-Saloon Head Declares
Reports of Bootlegger
Slayings ‘Colored’
DALLAS, Texas. June 28 —The
Rev. Atticus Webb, superintendent!
of the Anti-Saloon league in Tex-'
as. in a statement to the Associated
Press said that newspaper stories of
"bootleggers’ killings by prohibition
officers” are being “carefully
phrased for propaganda purposes."
“In the Congressional Record of;
June 14. there is a complete list of'
all prhobiition officers killed and \
all persons killed by them, with a
detailed account of the facts of
each case." the Rev. Mr. Webb said.
“This office has made a careful an
alysis of that report. The stories
have made the public believe that
these killings were all of ‘innocent
citizens/ In reporting what Sena
tor Brookhart said upon the senate
floor recently, one agency stated;
that he was defending the killings!
of T55 innocent persons/
"The following facts taken from
the Congressional Record will show
how ‘innocent’ they were: Of the!
155 killed. 55 were shooting at the;
federal officers when the officers I
began to fire. 10 others engaged ini
shooting with the officers. 3g others;
pulled their guns first, but the of-1
ficers were better shots. 12 others
made attempts on the lives of of
ficers with other instruments than
guns. Most of the others were en
deavoring to escape. In 149 cases
of the 155 tjie ‘innocent’ citizen was
knwon to be a bootlegger.
"Among the six innccent parties
killed, one was a boy who was near
a still when it was being raided, was
not seen until after the fight was
over, and the found woundpd 200
yards away. Another, when the of
ficers were chasing a bootlegger
suddenly stepped out from behind
a truck in front of the officers* car.
The officers had no time to stop be
fore striking him. The third case?
was not killed by federal officers |
but by a man who was piloting the
officers to a still, and who ran into
another car and killed its driver.
He received a prison sentence of
from one year to life. A man and
his daughter were killed in a boat
collision and another killed as he
handed a gun to his confederate
apparently for the purpose of kill
ing the officer.
"In 65 of the above killings, the
grand juries, after hearing the evi
dence. refused to indict the officers.
In 50 instances the officers were
indicted but acquitted on trial. As
an Indication of how unfairly we
have treated the prohibition offi-!
cers. of the three convictions had
one of them was being shot at by
the bootleggers before he returned
the fire, and yet he received a three |
year sentence for killing the boot-1
legger in self-defense. The fact Is we
are so unfair to ou- officers that 1
there is not a law' on the federal j
statutes £y which a man can be
tried for murdering a federal offi
cer.
"Will those who are howling
about these bootleggers being killed
in open defiance of our laws per
mit me to call their attention to the
fact that 55 of our federal officers
have been murdered bv the boot
leggers. and several hundred of our
state officers have been murdered?
These 155 citizens, with six possible
exceptions, were all guilty of defy
ing the laws of their country. These
officers were all innocent citizens
and died in the line of duty just as:
much as did any American soldier
who died on the battlefield of
France.”
Douthit Gas Station
In Edinburg to Hold
Opening Tomorrow
'Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG. June 28.—The Dou
thit Seivi<;e Station will hold its
formal opening Saturday in the!
location formerly occupied by the !
Stout-Baker Super Service Station
on East Harriman boulevard, it was
announced today by J. D. Douthit.
the owner.
Valley Date Palms
Infested With Mite
Expert Here Stated
'Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. June 23.—Date |
palms in the Valley are free of ’
scale, but r.re infested with a mite, i
which does some damage to fruit j
in the way of discoloration, ac
cording to Dr. F. S. Stickney. In
charge of date palm research work
for the U. S. department of agri
culture at Indio. California.
Dr. Stickney was here earlier in
th® week, and visited the experi
ment station at Weslaco and other
parts of the Valley. He superin
tended fumigation of the MX) or
more date palms sent to the Valley
recently by the department.
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These prices good at Valley Piggly Wiggly Stores in Browns* S3
Iville, San Benito, Harlingen, Edinburg, Weslaco, Mercedes
and McAllen, Saturday, June 29th. pH
SOAP zzz'T*. 37c I
lorn Flakes as, 7c j
PEA HES asss...21 cl
Razor Blades ss; 35c |
Old Dutch Cleanser £. 6y2c |
MAYONNAISE »r£;,k 19c |
I CIGARETTES ai"1* 10c 1
TOBACCO 10c 1
COFFEE p“nd°“ 25c I
LISTERINE is. 19c I
Kellogg’s All Bran £r 17c I
PURITAN MALT c, 49c I
POTTED MEAT7 Cans .. . 11c I
PRESERVES 25c |
|| INSECT POWDER %!™J 19c|
PEANUT BUnER Sri, 29c I
| SOAP 2s:Er*"'-. 6V2C|
In our sanitary markets at Brownsville, San Benito, Mc
Allen and Harlingen, we offer.the following specials Sat
urday, June 29.
BACON, sugar cured squares, per lb.18c 1
Cottage CHEESE, (crea on) per lb.25c |j
PORK, shoulder roast, per lb. . .. 23c Kj
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