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VALVES ,S. 4 For Gas — Steam — Oil or Water Largs Stock on Hand Always Alamo Iron Works Brownsville — Corpus Christ! San Antonio — Houston THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(JF) .. . ". THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 11 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1929 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY 5c A COPY ___ HI ■ ^MAJOR JOHN BERRY, manager ion the Cleveland mimicipal airport, recently reported that during the four years that field has been in operation 60,000 planes have landed on it. This is an average of 15,000 planes per year. John A. Roetzel, while manager bf the local field estimated that during the first six months of operations here planes had landed on the local field at the rate of 6000 per year. This rate is being exceeded at the present time. Cleveland is a city of 800,000 pop ulation and is located on the main air lanes of the United States. By comparison the record of the local field is a splendid one and seems to protend a highly import ant place in aerial activity for Brownsville. * * * THE MISSOURI PACIFIC rail road plans to compete with trucks in moving Valley cotton to ports and compresses. A special train originating at Brownsville and Mission is provid ing overnight transportation to Corpus Christi. Houston and Gal veston are reached on equally as ftyfr schedule. rlat cotton will be moved to Val ley compresses or to the ports by the train. Compressed cotton is picked up at Valley plants and moved each night to the port. By this method of handling, the feeller of cotton can ship from the Valley at night and get his money from Corpus Christi before noon the next day, W. G. Choate, gen eral manager of the railroad, ex plains. Before the train was put on trucks were moving a large portion of the cotton from the Valley be cause of the greater speed of handling. • • • UP AT RAYMONDVILLE there was talk of the Aransas Pass Com press Co. plant being removed from that city because practically all of the cotton was being moved from the Valley on trucks before it was compressed. This caused the citizens to urge farmers to take their cotton to the compress before selling it, on the theory that such action would tend to force the buyers to patronize the compress. Whether this campaign or the fast service by train would *esult in better patronage for the com press, and consequently save the plant for Raymondville had not i^een determined. * • • THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE is tyithin a day’s flight of Brownsville. This was successfully demon strated Thursday when Lieutenants W. T. Lawson and L. J. Carr set down their ship on the municipal airport here at 9:45 p. m. after taking off from Colon at 3 a. m. Thus the two army fliers accom plished what Capt. Ira C. Eaker failed to do on two different occa eions—and thereby demonstrated as possible a feat over which army heads have been doing some puz zling. Capt. Eaker, attempting the flight alone, T^as foiled both times by unfavorable weather. On the flight this way he would have been successful, but he came down on a muddy field at Tampico and could not get into the air again. The successful fliers started one hour earlier than Eaker but they made several stops enroute. When planes make one day hops to Panama from Brownsville, the T. A. T. slogan, “Save a Day— Travey by Air” becomes doubly true. * * * NEW United States currency is still in the souvenir stage in Brownsville. Some clerks here and in Mata moros, not well posted, are reported to be refusing the small bills in payment for purchases. “You cans, fool me with that trading coupon,” one such clerk :s reported to have told a customer when he was offered ene of the small ones. * * * BEFORE SOME READER of The Herald calls the matter to the at tention of the editor: We are aware that New England Is not in Europe. Friday a headline said “Daven port Writes to Friends from Eu jwe.” • p3ut the story under it said Mr. add Mrs. Harbert Davenport are visiting in the New England states and have written to friends in the Valley. The headwriter saw y^e “Eng land” but failed to observe the "New” before it. * * * ROTARIAN OFFICIALS will in rade Brownsville Monday and Tuesday’. Presidents and secretar ies of 50 south Texas clubs meet here for a two-day conference on activities for the coming year. A program of entertainment which will be staged to fit the business program has been mapped out. Rotary Anns will be given special attention and a number of them are expected to be here with their husbands. Brownsville welcomes these visi tors who place service above self. ACCIDENT FATAL LA GRANGE. July 13.—(/P)—E. A. Pranks of Rabbs Prairie, was killed today in an automobile accident pear hera,^ * GET POLITICIANS * * * OUT, 'HOT DOG’ * * * MAYOR’S APPEAL DALLAS, July 13.—(fP)—Charl ton Brown, mayor of Mineral Wells, as a “blue shirt” candidate for the governorship of Texas, was thrust forward today by Mayor J. Waddy Tate of Dallas. Asserting that politicians at tempted to make the job of gov ernor a stepping stone to the United States senate, Tate launched Brown’s candidacy on a platform of “less politics and more regard for the rights of plain people.” “I am good when it comes to picking winners,” Mayor Tate said. “I am in dead earnest about Charlton Brown. He isn’t a law yer. He has punched cattle, chopped cotton, carried a dinner pail, worn a blue shirt, and will fight the people’s battles. He would make Texas the best gov ernor since the days of Jim Hogg. We would have less poli tics and more regard for the rights of plain people whose lan guage Charlton Brown knows.” GASlAXTO BE DOUBLED New Bill To Be Filed Mon day Hikes Charge, Low ers Registration AUSTIN, July 13.—(J3)—The pres ent two cent gasoline tax will be doubled Monday when Governor Moody files with the secretary of state a measure by Senator W. A. Williamson of San Antonio increas ing the tax on fuel and inducing fees on passenger cars 50 per cent. Figures announced today by the highway department reveal that ap proximately 1,250,000 motorists will be affected. Contrary to popular belief, reduced license fees will not become effective until January, 1930. Tractors and other farm machin ery, airplanes and motor boats will use non-taxed gas under the bill. The increased tax will yield the highway department approximately $22,000,000 annually for mainten ance and new construction. From the registration fees, all counties will receive the first $50,000. One half the remainder will be given the county on passenger car registra tions/but the highway department will be given all funds from the source in excess of $175,000. The governor announced today that he would file the bill. Willacy Highway Election Contest End Seen Monday CSpecial to The Herald) RAYMONDVILLE, July 13.—With only one witness for contestees .slated to testify Monday morning and arguments by attorneys sched uled to begin directly afterward, in dications pointed to the end of the Lyford road district election con test here Monday afternoon. Only one man Saturday, from a number of witnesses who tried, was successful in identifying his ballot. It had been improperly marked and counted as mutilated. The ballot boxes were ordered opened by the court. Voters in the election were re quired only to cross out “for the bonds” or ‘‘against the bonds,” mak ing identification of the ballots dif ficult. Contestants allege irregularities in conducting the election. The dis pute is said to have arisen over the route the road project was to take The Lyford district carried the $400,000 bond issue April 20 by a vote of 154 to 67. 3 CLARKE BROTHERS FACE INDICTMENTS NEW YORK, July 13.—f/P)—U. S. Attorney Charles H. Tuttle an nounced today that he would ask the federal grand jury Monday to indict all four partners in Clarke Brothers’ defunct private bank on a charge of concealment of assets in bankruptcy. In addition, he said, subpoenas have been issued for the wives of the four partners, for em ployes of the firm, and for Milton C. Quinby, whose name has figured in the investigation, to go before the grand jury Monday. MAN SHOOTS WIFE IN WRIST. KILLS SELF t SAN ANTONIO, July 13.—(£>}— Enrique Guerra, 35, and his wife, Angelita, 27, couldn’t agree tonight where they would spend the eve ning. As a result of the argument Guerra was in the morgue and his wife had a bullet wound in the wrist. Police say Guerra shot his wife and when she fell to the floor killed himself, »» ii . ■.— . j RAINS FAIL TO HALT WORK ON CROP OUTPUT Total Production Is Evenly Distributed Among Three Coun ties In District (Special to The Herald) ,SAN BENITO, July 13.—Twenty thousand bales of cotton have been ginned in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in spite of rains which ham pered picking in most sections of the Valley during the week just closing. The estimate for ginnings in the Valley as a whole were made by of ficials of the Valley Gin company, after reports had been received here from most sections of the Val ley. More than a third of the cotton ginned has been turned out in Cameron county, reports from va rious cities in the county indicate. Total ginnings in San Benito and vicinity were 3,265 bales. This in cludes the Los Fresnos, Los Indios, Barreda and Lozano gins. The to tal for gins in San Benito proper was 2,068. Harlingen gins reported a total of approximately 1,800, including the surrounding territory, and gins in other sections of the county showed sufficient to bring the coun ty total up to one-third, or 20,000. Willacy Total The total in Willacy county is ap proximately 3,500, including gin nings Saturday. The Friday totals showed approximately 1,300 ginned in Raymondviile, 700 bales ginned in Lyford, and the remainder in Sebastian, Lasara, San Perlita, and other points in the county. This was said to be a record for the time of the year in Willacy county. Rains have not been as heavy in that county as in the re mainder of the Valley, and outside of considerable areas of dead spots due to root rot, the cotton in the county will not be damaged much by the rains. Hidalgo county reports ginnings of close to one-third the total gin ned in the Valley, with most of the ginning centers in the county even at around 300 or 400 bales each Some points had reached as high as 800 bales. Most of the cotton in the county is late, and considerable portion of it has been ruined by the root rot, larere dead spots appearing in many fields in the county. Delay Picking In the opinion of local ginners the recent rains will prove a detri ment, causing a lowering of the grade of the cotton, and delaying the picking considerably. Heavy rains in most sections of the Valley during the past few days have caused considerable delay in picking. Heavy rains fell in prac tically all parts of the Valley Sat urday. with showers and rains of considerable proportions falling in various sections earlier in the week. A possibility that the rain will drown a large part of the cotton boll weevils and cotton leaf worms was considered likely by many gin ners, which would help the deal some—at least enough to overcome disadvantages of the rains. SWEDISH AIRMAN ON LAST LEG OF FLIGHT OTTAWA, Ont., July 13.—(JP)— The department of marine and fish eries today received a message say ing Capt. Albin Aherenberg, Swed ish airman, attempting a flight from Stockholm to New York, “probably” would take off “this afternoon or tonight” from Ivigtut, Greenland, on the last leg of his journey. WICHITA FALLS MAN RUN DOWN, KILLED WICHITA FALLS. July 13.—UP) Tom Bennett, 57, was fataily injured by an automobile as he was cross ing a downtown street tonight. He died soon after the accident. An oil field worker, driver of the auto, was questioned by police and released. Have The Herald follow you on your vacation. Rates by mail, daily and Sunday: One month, - in Texas r»i r*’) 75c One month, out of Texas. $1.00 One week, in Texas •i« (»i t«; 18c One week, out of Texas ,.24c * | WILL RACE UP MISSISSIPPI George M. Cox (left) of New Orleans and Dr. Louis Leroy of Mem phis will race up the Mississippi river July 18 from New Orleans to St. Louis. They hope their modem craft will beat the famous 1870 record of the steamboat Robert E. Lee. Dry Raiders Must Stand Trial After Farmers ’ Slaying TECUMSEH, Okla.. July 13.—(IP)—Two members of a federal prohibi tion officer’s raiding party must stand trial in state court for murder in the slaying of James Harris and Oscar Lowery, farmers and world war veterans, it was ruled today at the conclusion of a preliminary trial be fore J. J. Dutton, justice if peace. WOMAN INJURED BY AUTO HERE Victim Hysterical When Taken to Hospital But Will Recover Maria Escalimma, 28, was resting easily in the Mercy hospital late Saturday night after having been struck by a heavy car driven by Margaret Hughston on Eleventh street between Washington and Eliz abeth streets about 5:30 p. m. Miss Hughston was driving to ward the city market when the wo man stepped from behind a car un expectedly, according to reports giv en police. She was knocked down and suffered cuts and bruises on her elbows and knees. The woman became hysterical upon being tak en to the Works clinic. After a hurried investigation re vealed no serious injuries other than shock, she was taken to the Mercy hospital. Hospital attaches stated late Saturday night that her con dition was not regarded as serious. Police are to investigate the ac cident. Labor Announces Plan to Extend Work Down South NEW YORK. July 13.—{IP)—The national executive board of the United Textile Workers, closing its quarterly meeting today, announced plans for a national campaign to es tablish the right of labor unions to conduct legitimate labor activities in all southern states without hav ing to fear assassination and sud den death.” Organization of the campaign will get under v?ay tomorrow at the con ference at Rye, N. Y., at which rep resentatives from the Federal Council of Churches, American Civil Liberties Union, League for Indus trial Democracy, Committee for American Conditions in Textiles Workers Education Bureau of America and other social agencies are expected to attend. Thomas F. McMahon, president of the U. T. W. A., announced the campaign ie an outgrowth of an al leged intimidation of John E. Peele. a United Textile Workers’ repre sentative, and George Googe, an American Federation of Labor or ganizer, in Ware Shoals, S. C., Thursday night by what he de scribed as a gang of thugs employ ed by the Ware Shoals textile plant.” where a mill strike is in progress. FORMER RESIDENT ON VISIT TO SAN BENITO (Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO, July 13.—R. L. Valentine, pioneer resident of San Benito until recently, when he re turned to his native home in Van Zandt county, is here on a visit with friends in San Benito. He came to San Benito in 1911, and was interested in the dry goods business here for years, later sell ing out and leaving the Valley. ■ trial on a charge of murdering both Jeff B. Harris was bound over for men, and W. W. “Snake” Thomason on a charge growing out of James Harris’ death. Charges against John Williams and Tom Little, two other members of the party, were dismissed after little evidence had been produced to connect them with the slayings. Thomason is a commissioned fed eral prohibition enforcement agent. Washington officials rave denied that Harris was a. commissioned employe, but testimony at the hear ing was that he had represented himself as a federal agent in a con versation after the slaying, both of which were attributed to him. No testimony was offered today by the defendants. They probably will be tried this fall. Mrs. James Harris, 31, widow of one of the slain men, was the chief state witness. The Harris' family, tenant farmers, lived near Tecum seh and both the victim and his wife were leading members of 8 small community church. Several witnesses testified they never had known Harris to tauch liquor or to have any in his house. Child Playing With the youngest of her three children, a curly-headed little girl of* three years, playing about her feet and later falling asleep in her arms, Mrs. Harris related in an emotionless voice that Jeff Harris had killed both her husband and Lowery, her brother, as they stood unarmed and with hands uplifted. Jeff Harris came to their home on the morning of July 4, she said, and after a preliminary search of outbuildings started towTard the house. Her husband, James, in the meantime had gone into the house Mrs. Harris said the raider had given no explanation of his pres ence and that they had concluded he was an intoxicated celebrant of the Fourth. The raider shot at her husband through a door, she testified, and then went into the house where James Harris was getting a shotgun shell from a trunk. Her husband picked up a shotgun standing in a corner, she related, and ran from the house, loading the gun as he went. Turning in the yard, she contin ued, her husband fired one shot. Jeff Harris was struck in the face by several shot. He appeared in court with his head still heavily bandaged. Her husband then ran across a small creek back of the house, she testified. Lowery on Porch Jeff Harris then shot Lowery, who, she raid, had been sitting or standing on the back porch. Her brother, unarmed, threw up his hands and pleaded for mercy, Mrs. Harris said. Mrs. Harris said she followed her husband, shouting that the raider was an officer, and begging him to surrender. James Harris then started to return to the house, she said, throwing down his gun and raising his hands. She turned back toward the house, she said, and hearing two shots turned to see Jeff Harris and Thomason dragging her husband from the bushes at the edge of the creek. It was testified that Thomason arrived at the Har ris house after Lowery had been shot. Harris died that night and Low ery the next day. Wesley Lowery, brother of Oscar Lowery, said James Harris had told him from his death bed that Jeff Harris “shot me down like a dog,” when the victim had both of his hands in the ais. FLORIDA’S 7TH BANK CLOSED IN EIGHT DAYS Daytona Beach, Jack sonville and Miami All Hit; President Faces Hearing JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 13.— (jp)_The First National bank of Sanford, Fla., was put into the hands of the comptroller of currency today and a notice on the door said it closed for “protection of all de positors.” It was the oldest bank in Seminole county. The First National bank was the seventh bank in Florida to close within the past eight days. The others were Merchants Bank and Trust, Atlantic Bank and Trust, Daytona Beach; Volusia County Bank and Trust, and First National, Deland; Colonial Bank and Trust, Miami; People’s Bank and Trust, Jacksonville. Meanwhile, John L. Fouts, presi dent of four other central Florida banks which closed simultaneously May 15, faced preliminary hearing on charges that he violated banking laws by lending himself $5,000 from one of the banks without the con sent of directors. Those four banks were State bank, Barlow; First Na tional, Lakeland; First National, Auburndale, and State bank, Win terhaven. STRIKESTATUS IS STATIONARY - . __ 1 Marshal Says He Will Have Cars In Operation Sunday Morning NEW ORLEANS. July 13.—(AV The strike of street car workers in New Orleans today remained sta tionary. While workmen continued odds and ends of repairing rails and line switches torn up in recent rioting of workers, United States Marshal Victor Loisel declined to modify his statement that the cars would be operated on Sunday. No assurance was given late today, however, that repairs could be completed by to morrow. Under the federal injimction pro tecting employes of the company from attacks and property from molestation, the marshal was given authority to use any number of armed deputies needed to control the situation. Several hundred were sworn in and placed on duty. The citizens’ mediation commit tee continued today its efforts to have negotiations opened for arbi trating the differences. Bracey Runs Fourth In Canadian Feature 100-Yard Event HASTINGS PARK, Vancouver, B. C., July 13.—(JP)—Percy Williams of Vancouver, Olympic sprint champion. wras declared the winner of the feature 100 yard event of the British Columbia mid-summer ath letic carnival today. Eddie Tolan of the University of Michigan was second and Frank Wykoff, Glendale, Calif., third. Time was 9 4-5 sec onds. Claude Bracey, Texas, was fourth, and John Fitzpatrick of Hamilton Ont., fifth. HARLINGEN WOMAN TO BE BURIED SUNDAY (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN, July 13.—Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Albers, aged 56, who died Thursday at the Val ley Baptist hospital here, will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon at the family residence here. The body has been at the Thomp son Mortuary, which will be in charge of interment. The deceased is survived by her husband, five daughters and two sons. MIAMI PIONEER DEAD MIAMI. Tex., July 13.—(JP)—Mrs Marie S^hns, 68, resident of Rob erts county since 1895, died here today after a brief illness. Survi vors Include: Mrs. Lydia Young, Mrs. Ray Dickerson and Miss Eve lyn Sohns, all of Amarillo. HARDWARE JOBBERS ELECT GALVESTON, July 13.—(J5)—Of ficers of the Texas Hardware Job bers Association were elected today at the concluding session of the thirty-fourth convention. For pres ident delegates named Paul Kelly, Dallas; first vice president, Edwin Flatto( Corpus Christi; second vice president, John Tabor. Waco; sec retary treasurer, Ed Oliver, Dallas. 1 (AMBASSADOR? ( John N. Willys, prominent auto mobile manufacturer of Detroit, is being considered for a dip lomatic appointment by Pres ident Hoover. OCEAN FLYER TURNS BACK Frenchman In Air Race Across Atlantic Report ed Going Back (By The Associated Press) One contestant in the world’s first air race across the Atlantic turned back to the starting post last night and the o|her was reported “urgent ly” desiring to land in the Azores Islands, near Horta. The Havas Agency in Paris an nounced that Dieudonne Cost?, French ace, and his mechanic Bel lonte had turned back to France after reaching a point north of the Azores last night. A radio message picked up at Horta, Azores Islands, said the Pol ish fliers Idzikowski and Kubala were only 50 kilometers away and wanted to land. No reasons were given why the friendly rivals had come to grief, but the race was over as soon as Coste decided to turn back. 200 C. M. T. C. Boys Of Valley Return Home On Special HARLINGEN, July 13.—Fathers and mothers of the 200 Valley boys who attended the Citizens Military Training camp assembled at rail road stations here and at other points in the Valley tonight to wel come their sons back to the Valley They greeted a much hardier group of boys than those they bid farewell less than a month ago, for the Valley youths returned consid erably hardened, and heavier than they left this section. The special train pulled into Har lingen shortly before 9 o’clock to night, and many of the youths liv ing in other Valley towns were met by their parents here. Others changed cars, and went on to their home cities. DALLAS PAIR TO WED 5,000 YEET IN AIR DALLAS, JULY 13.—(^—Tomor row C. T. English of Dallas, and Miss Myra Planck of McKinney will be married 5,000 feet above the city. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. C. D. Pinkston. It will be witnessed by a party of six friends. SENATOR ‘TOO BUSY’ FOR VISIT TO VALLEY HARLINGEN, July 13.—An invi tation to Smith W. Brookhart, sen ator from Iowa, who headed the in vestigation into patronage charges in Texas, to visit Harlingen was extended by Myron F. Ward, sec retary of the Harlingen Chamber of Commerce, it was revealed today. Senator Brookhart in his reply said he was too busy with investiga tions to be able to visit the Valley. M. P. BOOKLET TELLS OF VALLEY FISHING (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN, July 13.—A booklet setting forth the fishing wonders of the Lower Rio Grande Valley has been issued by the Missouri Pacific, centering around the deeds of Bill Vogt while the latter was in the Valley recently. Vogt caught some big tarpon at Point Isabel, and the folder issued by the railroad contains photo graphs of him with the fish which he caught. CONSTRUCT 123 BUILDINGS SAN ANTONIO, July 13,— Bids for construction of 123 build ings, ranging from barracks to quarters and aggregating about $3, 000,000 in cost, will be received at Randolph Field August 15, Captain A. W. Parker, construction quarter master, announced todaj. • s HUTCHINSON IS INUNDATED BY RAW CREEK Airplanes Observ i n g Area Find Volume Of Water Not De creasing HUTCHINSON, Kas., July 13 — (JP)—The flood waters of Cow creek, ravaging Hutchinson for the past 24 hours, tonight showed no signs of receding, and water still was run ning through the streets in torrents. Observers from airplanes reported late today that the water coming from the north had not decreased in volume in the immediate vicinity of the city. Water in downtown streets was running about four feet deep, while large portions of the residence sec tion were submerged to a depth of nearly three feet. Estimates of damage to property ranged as high as three million dol lars, but more consrevative esti mates placed the loss at about a million. PLANS TO WELCOME FLIERS ARE HELD UP NEW YORK, July 13.—</P)—Plans to extend the hand of felicitation to the French and Polish flyers rac ing across the ocean were interrupt ed tonight by news that \he former had turned back and that their ri vals were experiencing difficulties near the Azores. Plans for a reception by city of ficials and Polish residents were held in abeyance pending news of the progres sof the Polish flier. • ________________________________ BRAZOS ASSOCIATION MEETS WITH BOARD AUSTIN, July 13.—(JP)—Delegates of the Brazos River Conservation association today conferred with State Reclamation Engineer B. F. Williams and the board of water nomination of 21 directors of the new conservation district created by the Tillotson bill this year. PROHI CONVICT GIVEN FURLOUGH AUSTIN, July 13.—(IP)—F. H. Freeland, convicted in Dallas and Lamar counties for violation of the prohibition law and sentenced to’ two years, was granted a 60-day furlough by Governor Moody today. Clemency was allowed due to ill ness of the prisoner’s wife in Dal las. ‘UNTIN’ BOWLERTO TAKEOFF SUNDAY CHICAGO, July 13.—(fP)—The “Untin” Bowler, bound for Berlin from Chicago, probably will be able to take off from Port Burwell, Labrador, for Greenland tomorrow, a message to the Chicago Tribune,' its sponsor, said today. TWO VALLEY SCOUTS WILL LEAVE MONDAY SAN ANTONIO. July 13.—I/F> Four Boy scouts from San Antonio and three from other parts of Tex as will entran Monday on the first leg of their trip to the third inter national jamboree of Boy scouts aft Birkenhead, England. Scouts leaving San Antonio ara Charles Brewster, Gordon R. Catts, Gibson Sherrard, Ralph Haines, all of San Antonio; Oswald Daughety, Brown wood; Leonard Van Berg, Mercedes, and Milton Kelly, McAl len. ECONOMIC BODY ADJOURNS MEETING AMSTERDAM, Holland, July 13, —(JP)—World leaders in trade, fi nance and industry, attending the congress of the International Cham ber of Congress here brought their six-day sessions to a close today after adopting 41 resolutions. These dealt with many subjects including endorsement of the Young plan, the economic reconstruction of China and world peace through reform of the calendar, unfair commercial practices, bribery and forgery. KING FACES OPERATION LONDON, July 13.—f/P)—The Sun« day Express will say tomorrow: “King George is to undergo an op eration Monday for the draining and treatment of the abscess in his right side. His general health has improved.” PRESS ASSOCIATION ELECTS SWEETWATER, Texas, July 13.— (/P)—The West Texas Press associa tion today elected officers and se lected Abilene as the meeting place of next year’s convention at the close of its fourth annual conven tion hero.