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Don’t “Hit the Trail” of Hot Pavements to Find an Apartment—Look Over the Rental Ads
AUTOMOTIVE
ICth & Adams
OPEN EVENINGS
STEVENSON MOTOR CO, Inc.
Brownsville. Texas.
AUTOMOTIVE
FOR SALE—Fordson tractor, disc and
Oliver plow. D. N. Nall. Route I. La
Perl a, Texas. South White Ranch road.
T-77
FOR 8ALE OR TRADE—7-paasanger
Cadillac sedan In A1 condition. A
real bargain. See E. O. Anglin at Val
ley State Bank. Harlingen. Texas.
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USED TRACTORS—One 15-30 McCor.
. tnlck Dee ring leea than 9 months old;
one 10-20 McCormlck-Deertng. 1 year
old; one OP John Deere less than 4
months old: one Model D John Deere;
also some good Fordsons and Imple
ments. The above are priced low for
quick turn-over; carry one month’s
guarantee, and can be bought on lib
eral terms. Call, write or phone Oo
lay-Klrkpatrick Tractor and Implement
Do, 1113-17 W. Jackson. Harlingen.
Texas. Phone 1030.
PERSONAL
THE MEDICAL ARTS HOSPITAL of
Edinburg. Texas, will start a new class
lor student nurses September 15. Any
one who desires to enter this class
should write at once to Superintendent
of Nurses. Medical Arts Hospital. Ed
inburg. Texas. T-80
LOST ~P FOUND_
LOST—Saturday. Aug. 3. near Mer
chants bank, spectacles In black case.
Reward for return to 43 Adams street
or city hall. Hulon Sterling. T-87
LOST—Small ring, diamond In white
gold setting. Finder return to A. E.
Tough. Abbott Bulck Co. Reward
T-100
LOST—In shopping district. Browns
ville. coin purse containing about
826.50. Finder please return to 317 W
Levee. Suitable reward. T.105
LOST—Bunch keys at postoffice. Re.
turne general delivery window. Re
ward. T.103
FOUND—Oil cook stove. Call Velvo
rens Motor Oil Co. Phone 568. T-60
HELP WANTED
SALESMEN
We have an opening for two ex
perienced automobile salesmen;
also experienced Nash mechanic;
percentage basis.
BROWNSVILLE NA8H CO.
1327 Levee. Brownsville.
T-67
WANTED—First class Chevrolet me
chanic. Apply Hooks Chevrolet Co.
Donna. T-63
500 RELIABLE cotton fanners wanted
22.000 acres Willacy Co. dry land for
rent. Must be able to finance self
Delta Orchards Co., phone 1080.
Harlingen. Texas, or T. C. Green, phone
95. Raymondvllle. Texas. 8-217
BOY WANTED—Apply at The Herald
office.
WANTED—Non-union barber. Apply
8an Benito Barber Shop. San Benito.
Texas. T-98
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Classified Business Directory
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ARCHITECTS_
BEN V. PROCTER
ENGINEERING CO.
Architects-^-Engineers
w-708 Merchants Bank Bid*.
* 1 Phone 617
r Brownsville. Texas
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E. G. HOLLIDAY
Architect and Builder
409 State Nat. Bank Bldg.
I r Phone 906
1 F _
R. NEWELL WATERS
Architect
1-12 Security State Bank Building
Weslaco. Texas
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E. B. GORE -
Civil and Consulting
I Engineer
Room 408. State National BanX lUdg.
Brownsville. Texaa. Pbone 1017.
BUILPEBS-CONTBACTORS
*. PROCTER & DUDLEY
General Contractors
628 Washington St.
Brownsville, Texas
Phone 627
E. M. RIDLEY
General Contractor
* Roads, Land Leveling,
If Plowing, Sub-soiling
iHccavations embankments
is 408 MERCHANTS NAT’L BANK
2 BROWNSVILLE_
W CASH REGISTERS _
iTAlTONAL CASH REGISTER CO
Registers bought. 6old and
exchanged
W E. 8anders. Representative
Phone 29. Harlingen. Tex Box 905
-^RAY-TRAXSFER
Mason Transfer &
Grain Co.
bonded WAREHOUSE
SEEDS OK ALL KINDS
Light and Heavy Hauling
WE MOVE ANYTHING
005 Adams. Phone 139
AUSTIN TRANSFER
COMPANY
Crating. Shipping. Hauling
Phones 421 and 519
FLORISTS_
the flower shop
Cut flowers, pot plants,
funeral designs and
bouquets
1254 Elizabeth St.
^ Phone 1388
lanWYER THE FLORIST, flowers
•tid funeral designs. St Charles
and Pita streets. Phone TIL
g HOTELS—CAFES
' WHITE KITCHEN~
Famous for its
'Cooking-Immaculacy
and Service
The popular place for
business lunches
12tb between Elizabeth and
Washington
~ FINANCIAL
LOANS
/>« Improved residence and business
property.
Todd and Underwood
1057 Levee 8t.
Brownsville. Texaa
L
MATTRESS RENOVATING
Let Us Renovate
Your Mattress
We make mattresses to order. All
repair work guaranteed
SOMMERS
12th and Adams
Phone 674
NICKEL PLATING
Electro-Nickel
Plating
We nickel plate bumpers, radiators,
headlight#, etc. Also mirrors plated.
VALLEY ELECTRO PLATING WORKS
15th and Polk. Phone 55.
Brownsville, Texas.
OmCE EQUIPMENT
ART METAL1
FILING
Equipmem
Maverlck-Clarke Litho Co.
208 Merchants National Bank
Phone 817—Brownsville
Office Equipment and Supplies
HARGROVES STATIONERY 8s
BOOK 6TORE
Brownsville. Texas
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
ROOFING
THE TURNER BROWNSVILLE
ROOFING CO.. Inc.
We respectfully solicit your
re-roofing as well as new.
Eighth and Railroad
Brownsville. Tex. Phone 1168
TYPEWRITERS
DAVENPORT Typewriter Exchange
(Brownsville’s Typewriter House)
Distributors. New L. C. Smith “Si
lent" 8 and Late Corona 4 type
writers. Also sell Royal Portables
and “Factory" Rebuilt*—all makes
We repair all makes typewriter and
adding machines. 1112 Elizabeth
St, Phone 1105.
WOODSTOCK TYPEWRITER
SALES CO.
Typewriters— Adding Machines
Supplies—Repa rs
Phone 506—Harlingen
PROFESSIONAL ~
ATTORNEYS
RALPH A. DUNKELBERO
Attorney at Law
Commercial Collections a Specialty
106 Sea bury. George and Taylor
Building
Brownsville. Texas
Davenport. West and Ransome
Attorneys at Law
307-308 Merchants National Bank
Brownsville, Texas
H. B. GALBRAITH
Attorney at Law
Merchants National Bank Bldg.
Brownsville. Texas
J. T. Canales C. S. Eldman. Jr.
CANALES AND 2IDMAN
Attorneys at Law
Real Estate a Specialty
303 Merchants National Bank
Brownsville. Texas
H. L. Yates
Attorney at Law
State National Bank Bldg.
Brownsville
CHIROPRACTOR
M. Cook. D. C.
CHIROPRACTOR
Nerv-O-Meter Service
1715 Grant and Seventeenth
Victoria Heights
Brownsville. Texes Phone 1228-J
EL V1BRA SYSTEM USED
REAL ESTATE
LOS EBANOS
Brownsville's Supreme Residential Dis
trict. carefully restricted, completely
unproved Home sites from $1200.00.
easy terms. James-Dickinson Co,
Realtors, corner El Jardln Hotel Bldg,
Browns villa.
SALESMEN—AGENTS
HARDWARE 8ALXSMAN WANTED—
Experienced man; age preferred. 25 to
30; must be good salesman and active.
Rio Grande Hardware and Machinery
Co, San Benito. T_23
8 CATIONS WANTED
PLOWING, discing, orchard cultivation
and land leveling. O. B. Bowman.
Banker Road. Brownsville. Texas.
T.54
MIDDLE-AGED WIDOW wants post,
tion as housekeeper or nurse In pri
vate home. Can furnish reference.
Box 548. McAllen. Texas. T-73
LIVESTOCK—POULTRY
I BUY HORSES and mules, wild or
tamed. Jose Cue. Hotel Imperial. H
Mat~moros. Mexico. Phone 57. 8-177
FOR S ALE—Registered Duroc hogs.
See J. H. Smith at HUtnpty Dumoty
Market. La Ferla. T-72
FINANCIAL '
MONEY TO LOAN on city property.
8am Hughston. Maltby Bldg. 8-247
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Bakery For Sale
Doing goo.1 business.
Must be sold to settle an
estate. Priced right.
Address
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Bourdette & Son
Bakery
McAllen, Texas
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FOR SALE—Bill's Cafe at 7th and
Jackson, opposite 8 P. freight depot
Good reason for selling. S-200
BUt OR EXCHANGE
WILL TRADE 180 acres 4 miles south
west of Mercedes, all clear of brush ex
cept 15 acres for land close to San
Benito preferred, or Brownsville or
Harlingen. Might trade for Browns
ville Income property. Also 40 acres 3
miles north of Weslaco all clear, fair
house and good well water. Address
Box 961. San Benito. Texas. T-104
MISCELLANEOUS
TIME WELL SPENT Is tlm# devoted to
looking over the classified ads.
PLAT TOP OAK DESk! oak chair,
shelving, counters. Will sell cheap L
B. Everett. Weslaco. Texas. T-74
ARTICLES FOR SALE
NEW GROCERY REFRIOERATOR. best
made. Capacity 100 cubic feet Re
duced price. Terms. L. B. Everett.
Weslaco. Texas. T-74
FOR SALE—Good outboard motorboat. !
now at Point Isabel. Also, slightly used j
outboard motor. Both in good condi
tion. See Jack Elliott. San Benito.
_T-81 .
NEW WOODSTOCK typewriter. Re
duced price. Terms. L. B. Everett*
Weslaco. Texas. T-75
NEW PORCELAIN Toledo scale, perfect !
condition, used fen- months Reduced
price. Terms. L B Everett. Weslaco ;
T**»*T-74 j
FINE NATION cash register. Five
banks of keys. Perfect condition. Used J
only few months. Terms. L. B Ever
ett. Weslaco. Texas. T_75
NEW BABY GRAND PIANO reduced
♦o half price A real standard make
F D. Hambly. Box 562. phone 844-M
Brownsville. T-101
WANTED—REAL ESTATE
R. U. Dissatisfied?
If for some reason you are anxious to
sell your Improved grove, farm or land
In brush. It will pay you to get lr
touch with us at once. We have bona
fide prospective customers with cash
Address.
WITTROCK & CO.
806 Harrison St. Oak Park. Illinois
__ 8-210
REAL ESTATE
Los Ebanos Lot
We have been authorized by owner
to sell his beautiful Los Ebanos lot
for tl.OOO: terms can be arranged.
This Is an unusual sacrifice. Call
Mr Egan at James-Dlcklnson
phone 499.
8-119
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INVESTIGATE
SUMMIT PLACE
THEN INVEST
In Brownsville's new business
nnd residential sub-dlvtslon.
located on 13th and 14th
streets, one mile from Gateway
Bridge, on the main thorough
fare leading to the proposed
shin channel, municipal air
port. rich farming Ustrlct of
El Jardln. and Boca Chios
Beach. Easy terms. Ten per
cent down, balance 5 years to
pay. lease Dennett. phone427,
Brownsville. Texas.
OOOD LAND In Raymondvllle district
at bargain. Improved and unimproved.
Large or small tracts. Several pieces
suitable for development and subdi
vision. Prices are right. Terms are
right. A pleasure to show you. Oeo
R, Lochrle. Raymondvllle. Texas.
■_ 8-224
FARMS FOR SALE
TWO 10_ACRE citrus orchards near
Harltngen. Trees about seven years old
and have good crop of fruit now Price
reasonable. F. W Howard. Phone 1090
_ T-82
WE HAVE some fine potato and citrus
land in small or large tracts. Will be
glad to show them. P. W. Howard
Phone [phone]
EVERY DAY there Is a new Ust of of
fers and wants In the Classified Sec
tion Watch it carefully and regularly
and get lust what you waut.
ONE 8-ROOM 2-story house with three
acres of land off Boca Chlca highway,
three miles from town, at a sacrifice
P. W. Howard, phone 1090 T-99
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AN AUTOMOBILE Is not so hard to
buy If you watch for the bargains of
fered In the “Automotive" columns of
the Classified Section.
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FOR SALE
One 3-room house and two lots on the
corner of Washington and Palm Blvd.
Will sell the lota with or without the
Improvements. These are beautiful
lots and are being offered reasonable
P. W. Howard. Phone 1090. T-12
~~ HOUSES FOB SALE
FOR SALE—Beautiful Los Ebanos
home, five rooms, large lot; built of
brick; wonderful exposure. Priced
right Terma can be arranged. Coll
Mr. Egan. James-Dlcklnson Co. Phone
499. Home phone 1398-W. T-38
I CLASSIFIED
RATES and RULES
Advertise/tents will be accepted
over the telephone from telephone
subscribers, or frcm those having
regular charge account# Other
classified advertising must he ac
companied by cash.
No advertising accepted on an
-until forbid" order. A specified
number of insertions must be
given.
The Herald reserves the right to
place all advertisements under the
proper class! f teuton. and reject
unclean or objectionable copy.
Obituaries, resolution*, and cards
of thank* will be taken at the reg
ular classified rate
Tbs publisher* are not responsi
ble for copy, omission*, typograph
ical error or any unintentional er
ror that may occur, farthei than to
correct in the neat lssu* alter It ta
brought to their attention. All ad
vertising orders are accepted on
this basis only.
Telephone No. 8 and dictate your
advertisement to an experienced
classified writer.
To Insure publication same day
copy should be presented not later
than 10:30 a. in. Copy for Sunday
issues should ha In not later than
1:30 p. m. Saturdays to Insure
proper classification.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
RATES
.0 words cr less, ons In sertlon 30c
Over 30 words, one Insertion.
per word .Hie
Subsequent Insertions run con
secutively. per word. lc
By month, per word.23c
Minimum for monthly rate. 10
words.
No classified advertisement ac
cepted for less than.30c
LOCAL READER RATES
Readers, per count Una. 20c—
Per Inch .81 JO
Second and third days. 17c per
line; fourth, fifth and sixth days.
15c per line; 7 consecutive day*. 15c
per line.
HOUSES FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Hollow tile stucco bunga
low In Los Ebanos; cash or terms
Phone 1258-J. 8-137
FOR SALE—Modem 8-room 2-story
house. 325 W. Levee street. Phone
251. T-78
LOTS FOR SALE
BEAUTIFUL LOS EBANOS LOT
Souttieast exposure; must be sold at a
sacrifice. Phone 1398-W, or call at No
l. Del Francis Apartments. Los Ebanos
8-117
WANTED—REAL ESTATE
WANTED— 20 to 30-acre tract of choice,
well located citrus land. Must be high
and well drained, preferably reaaca or
river front. Give full details as to lo
cation, improvements. distance to
schools, c'.ectnc power line*, etc., with
best price, both on cash and terms
basis. Answer T-92. Brownsville Herald.
T-92
RENTAL
FOR RENT—50 acres potato land. Irri
gated Call at 101 Adams street, or
phone 561. T.E7
APARTMENTS
finikin Apartments
For Kent
Two bedrooms In walnut: living
room In beautiful overstuffed;
cedar closets, dining room in wal
nut; white porcelain stove: gar
bage disposal; shower and tub
bath; Wilton rugs; spring filled
air vent mattresses: everything
new Apply at apartment, two
blocks east of High School on Palm
Elvd.
T-83
ALONSO apartments—Nicely fur
nished Corner Sixth and Levee
Phene 839 P-20S
FOR RENT—Well nirnlshed apart
ment; also sou'h s'de steeping room
Close In. Phone 189. T-75
CONLEY APARTMENTS—Cool, and all
conveniences 357 w Levee or phon*
817-R. 0-214
APARTMENT for rent on paved street
Lights, water and cas furnished All
conveniences Phone 429
0-274
FURNISHED SOUTHEAST apartment
Bedroom has 7 windows; bath, gas, ga
rage; £25. Phone 620-J. 1218 W. Wash
ington. R-2-M3
FOR RENT—New coot apartments and
rooms Phone 957-J. S-170
NEW DUPLEX, furnished and unfur
nished Every convenience. No. 1112
West Elizabeth. Phone Carlos O. Wat
son. T.1S
MAY DAY APARTMENTS—Cool, new
modern. 11 located Completely fur
nished including zc: ozones. gas. garage
Summer rates. 121 Washington. Phone
714. 6-26
TWO-ROOM furnished apartment and
m~’s. 1022 St. Charles. Phone 629-W
8-57
THREE-ROOM southeast apartment;
very attracUve rental. Phone 946-W
6-80
WE HAVE both furntshed and unfur
nished apartments and unfura'shed
houses. Howard, phone 1090. T-102
FURNISHED ROOMS”
ROOMS, one doe* rrora postoffice
one block from El Jardln hotel; large
southern exposure; reasonable. Phone
1226-W or 1317 M-21S
FRONT BEDROOM on cool side In
modem home. Close in. with gas wa
ter heater. Apply 403 St. Francis St.
S-210
ROOMS AND APARTMENTS-—Reason
able rates. Olenwood Hotel. Phone 619
P-1II
HOUSES ~
FOR RENT—8-room house; all con
venience*. St. Charles and Palm Blvd
Phone 896-W. R-216
FOR RENT—5-room modern residence
near school and on pavement. J. O
Starck. Putegnat Hardware Co. 8-193
FOR RENT—5-room house, with built
in feature* and modern convenience*
1454 Washington, West Brownsville. J
R Barnard. Box 467. San Benito.
T-35
HOUSE AT OLMITO for rent. Water
and gas. Write Box 443. Olmlto. T-3
HOUSE IN LOS EBANOS
FOR RENT
Brick veneer, unfurnished: 5 rooms:
all modem conveniences; garage.
FIVE-ROOM HOUSE ON
ST. FRANCIS STREET.
Modem convenience*; garage; cool
John B. Puckett, care Rio Orande
. Valley Trust Co.
8-234
FOR RENT
3-room cottages, front porch. Shower
baths, gas and lights. Third and St
Francis streets Phone 1190. T-11
ROOMS AND BOARD
BOARD AND ROOM In private famllv
for young man. Phone 552. T-4S
WANTED TO RENT
IF YOU HAVE house* for rent Usl
them with Howard, phone 1090. T-105
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BOW TAKES BOW
I rgiU
Clara Bow plays the part of a
little circus girl in “Dangerous
Curves,'' showing at the Capitol
Theater now.
AVERT CRISIS
IN CONFERENCE
Hague Adjourns Pending
Rumor of J. P. Morgan
as Mediator
THE HAGUE. Netherlands. Aug
12.—</Pj—A crisis in the reparations
conference was averted today by
adjournment of the finanical com
mittee meetings until Wednesday,
and rumors were rife that the de
lay was intended to give J. P. Mor
gan. American hanker, an oppor
tunity to exercise mediating influ
ence.
Louis Lcuchier, French delegate,
had been listed to speak at today’s
meeting of the financial commit
tee. which was to have taken up
chancellor of the exchequer of
Great Britain, looking toward re
vision of the Young plan.
It was rer'jrted the American
banker already was at The Hague
or had been in consultation with
j the delegates secretly.
HOMES
I SIDELIGHTS U
TEXAS
George K. Arthur and Karl Dane
become world travelers in their new
funmeker for Metro-Goldwyn-May
er, "China Bound." which is now
showing at the Texas theater. The;
are on their way to the far cast
Karl as a stoker of a liner, and
George as an unwitting but not un
willing stowaway.
Both their sweethearts are on the
liner, but so Is Angus McAlister, r
! Scotch antique dealer who is taking
i his daughter Joan < Josephitr
; Dunn) and her maid Sarah, played
{ by Polly Moran with him on a buy
ing trip to China—and away from
George, to whose attentions he ob
jects.
CAPITOL
The Clara Bow fans turn e d
out in large numbers yesterday
sec and hear the'*- favorite in the
much-heralded role of bare-back
rider and female Pagliacci. in the
feature picture, "Danger our
Curves,” at the 'apltol again to
day.
They were not tsapireinted. ever
though the girl who has made “It"
a by-word in parlor, bedroom and
bath failed to furnish whoopee of
the mad flapper variety. In fact
there must have been these who
were delighted to hear their ido'
in a part which called for more se
; rlous acting s a complement to the
customary vigor and vivacity of La
Bow.
The scenes of "Dangerous
• Curves"—and the excellent sound
I atmosphere as well, are those of a
; big circus. Mi.* Bow is the bare
back rider in love with Rlc’ -1 Ar
len a tight-rope walker. Kay Fran
cis is the vamp who gathers all o'
Arlen’s misplaced love to herself
until the hero learns that Kay P
I false.
RIVOLI—SAN BENITO
All the colors of the rainbow come
to the aid of Vitaphone in "On With
the Show,” which opened a four
i day engagement at the Rivoli in
San Benito Sunday night. The
; amazing picture is a riot of glorious
hues and melodies, dancing feet
and up-to-the-minute songs. The
intensely human story of a company
of stranded players, is set in the
glamor of n fantasy, which the
| company is playing, while the inti
mate story of theirs goes on. The
Fairbanks Twias. those exquisite
dancers, beloved of Broadway, twin
kle through the maze of exciting
scenes: Joe E. Brown is there with
i what is beyond doubt, the mast con
tagious laughter in the world. Bet
ty Compson and Sa j O'Neill are
the lovliest; Arthur Lake, recruft
from circus sawdust, and with the
charm of husky youth and feet that
won’t behave, young Bakewell,
among the most pleasing of Juven
iles: Fazenda with her antics. Ethel
Waters, queen of the negro croon
ers and the famous Harmony Em
perors’ quartet and a host more
make an evenings entertainment
not to be equalled anywhere.
TRAGEDY CHEATS LAW
GLASGOW —To escape trial on r
charge of fraud John Scam killed
I himself.
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LEGAL ADVERTISING
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DEPOSITORY BIDS WANTED
The Board of School Trustees.
I Point Isabel Independent Schocl
District w'ill receive at their office
until 9 a. m. on the 14th day of
August. 1929, sealed proposals for
depository of Point Isabel Inde
pendent School District Funds for
the biennium beginning September
1. 1929, ending August 31, 1931. The
Board of School Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
R. BERRY. Sec’ty.
Point Isabel Independent
School District.
8-ll-12-2t-351Q
ATTRACTS CROWDS AT RIVOLI
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Scene from “On W th the Show." the present attraction at the Rivoli
theater in San Benito, which is proving popular with its singing and
dancing features.
[CHATTY-'l
GODDESS OP GAB
Beatrice Burton, &«***
K COPVRI6HT ’,92». CENTRAL PRESS ASSKlNC» CLEVELAND, OHIO. ***>*
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when she w.: dressed for the
street. "If you're going with Dave
you'll have to hurry home to get
into your stepping-out clothes
v .n’t you?"
An 1 when they were going down •
to the ground floor in the elevator
she added a —ord of advice:
"There’s sure to be a lot of talk m
the office, now that Mr. Van has
started t*> frisk around with Agn-s
... I think you and I would better
keep out of it.”
* # •
Like most blondes, Chatty looked
her best when her hair had just
been washed. It was so fine ant!
silky then that every hair was like
a thread oi spun geld.
"I wonder if I have t me to wash j
my head before Dave comes for me j
at seven.” she said to Billie, as th*:
two of them ran up the dark stain;
I to their landing in the Liptcn
street apartment house that night. |
"I’ll do it for you,” Billie offered,
in her arm, generous way. * You
come over to our hause in about
three minutes, and I'll have some i
shampoo all ready. I was going to.
wash my own hair tonight, anyway,!
and we can use our bathroom.
Then you won't have any of the
mess to clear away in your own
house.”
Fi-' minutes later she was vigor
ously soaping and rubbing Chatty'r
head—then rinsing it and washing
it again as carefully as any beauty
parlor hairdresser could have
j done it.
t Rub it drv while I wash my own.
Chat.” she said. "And I’ll spray H
with some of that new sweet pea
perfume that George gave me on
; Valentine's Day—’’
"That reminds me—where is
George tonight?” Chatty wanted to
know. "He usually drives you
j home, doesn't he?"
._ o nodded, gasping a little ao
! the water from the spray she was
' using went into her nose and
mouth. "He had an engagement
tonight,” she said.
• Where?” asked Chatty, wno nat
urally liked to know everythin!
about everybody—rot because it
was any of her business, but just
because she was naturally curious.
"I don't know.”
"Maybe it was with a girl,” sug
gested Chatty.
"I "••ess not.” Billie did viol
sound at all disturbed. "I don't be
lieve George chases after girls
much, except me. and we're just
very good lriends.”
"Oh, don't be so sure of him!”!
Chatty’s voice cut in crisply.
She had firmly made up her mind
weeks ago that she wouldn't hurt
Billie by telling her about seeing
George and the Clinging Vine at
the movies together.
_ut she forgot that now . . . She
had a piece of news she had been
keeping to herself for a long time,
and slie was fairly bu-sting to
tell it.
Besides, she wanted to see how
Billie would take it. She wanted
to see if Billie really was as Indif
ferent to George Mayhcw as she
pretended to be—to George as a
sweetheart instead of the mere
friend she always said he was.
"I saw your Great Friend out
with a blonde the other night!” she
Cotton Damaged by
Fire in Ginning
A bale of cotton was part y dam
aged by fire while in the proccess
of ginning at Singer's gin on Four
teenth street Sunday afternoon.
An alarm was turned in at 3:05
p. m. and engines No. 1 and 3 made
the run. The blaze was extinguish
ed with chemicals.
About one-half of the bale was
damaged.
The loss was covered by insur
ance, it was stated.
VETERAN UMPIRE
GRANTED VACATION
DALLAS. Aug. 12 — r»~Tom Er
win. one of the oldest umpires In
point of service In the Texas league
has been granted a leave of absence
| for the remainder of the season be
cause of iii health. William B. Rug
gles, acting president, announced.
STORMS SWEEP TORONTO
TORONTO. Aug. 12Ruin
ed crops and dam'—d buildings to
day marked the path of a storm
which swept through this part of
Ontario over the week-end.
came out with her news. "He was
at the movies with a girl who was
just simply COVERED with dia
monds—and if you don't believe me
you can ask my mother about it.!
She was with me—and they sat j
right besicie us. Your precious Pla
tonic Friend and his sweetie!”
Billie did her best to take what |
she had heard calmly. "Oh, I be-,
iievc you—” she began bravely, and
then all at once she hid her face
in the bath towel with which she
had been drying her pretty hah..
3he did not make a sound.
Chatty knew that she was cry
t“g
"Why, Billie!” she faltered, and
went across the tiny steam filled
room and put her arms around her
friend's shaking shoulders. "Why—
Billie—you musn't cry! I didn t
know you'd feel like this about it.
or I'd never. NEVER have said .1
word about George and that gir!!
I thought you always said that you
and he were Just FRIENDS. Oh.
I’m ~o sorry I Md a word to you!"
She really was sorry, now that
she had told Billie about George
and the girl . . . But wasn't it bet
ter, after all. for Billie to realize,
herself that she was in Ipve with
him? Ci course it was!
"You're crazy about C-.orge May
hew, Billie Langenau!" she said
hardily, "and you'd just better lace
the fact! You're in love with him
and you're married! Now. then,
you'd better make up your mind
what you're going to do about it—"
Billie stood up suddenly. "Pleas*
promise me that you wbn't talk
about this at the office. Chat,” she
sa:d, quietly, still covering her face
■with the towel. "Especially about
my being married.”
Chatty sniffed. ' What do you
think I am? A gossip like Winn»e
Talcott.’" the asked. "It hurts my
feelings to have you talk like that
to me. Billie! You know I'd NEV
ER ta!k about you! You know I'm
a friend of yours—a good friend!”
And she marched cut of the flat.
• TO BE CONTINUED'
By R. W. BARRY |
AUSTIN, Tex.. Aug 12.—(/P)—The
vastness of the undertaking has jus*
been realized by legislative members
of the commission created to cen
tralize and modernize the Texas
penitentiary system. The nine
members of the prison board have
understood the immensity of the
task for some time, and the ques
tion now troubling the commission
is whether the big job can be well
done within the limited time grant
ed by the legislature.
The legislature stipulated that
the survey of proposed prison sites
and recommendations of the com
mission—composed of the nine
members of the prison board an.1
nine legislators—should be ready foi
submission to the governor not
later than Dec. 1.
The commission left Saturday on
a jaunt of inspection to ■'model'
prisons of other states which wh1
keep it on the go for at least 30
days.
Study State Systems
John F. Wallace of Teague, mem
ber of the legislative end of the
commission, believe* it imperative
that it be ascertained positively
what kind of industrial works the
Texas prsioners should be engaged
in before choosing the site for the
new. centralized system He point
ed cut that railroad facilities shou’d
prove a deciding point when the
selection is at hand, depending, of
course, on the nature of industries
involved.
Wallace has. been making a study j
of the systems of a number of states
which have made rapid strides wlto
their penitentiaries.
• There is at least one system that
we have been urged to visit as an
example of mismanagement,” Wal
lace said. He refused to divulge the
name of the state.
Wallace, a business man, asserted
that legislative members of the
commission had not realized the
bigness of the job assigned to them
until they delved into it.
Moody for Manufacturing
"Everyone has entered into it ser
iously ana I am confident that glv
BLAST KILLS 3
IN HOUSTON
Cause of Ammonia Explos
ion in Dairy Plant Is
Undetermined
HOUSTON. Aug. 12—(P>—A dairy
plant ammonia explosion here yes
terday killed three men and the
forces that set off the blast were
still unknown today, pending of
ficial investigation.
Several rescue workers, digging
frenzidly In the debris, were sick
ened by the fumes, but none was
believed to have suffered permanent
injury.
Chester Hilton. 30, an engineer,
and L. A. Robinson. 35. an electri
cian. were blown almost to bits, but
Robert E. Williams. 25. cold stor
age room workman, died even more
horribly. His body was found
wedged in a door leading from the
compartment where he had been at
work. Presumably he nearly saved
his life only to be cut off by falling
tools which partly blocked the aper
ture.
The blast smashed the ice stor
age room of the Phenlx dairy and
adjoining chamber where Williams
lost his life. It occurred while Hil
ton and Robinson were washing a
shell tube brine cooler in prepara
tion for repairing an ammonia leak
in one of the tubs.
Hiltons body was recovered from
a pit filled with water thrown In the
room to clear it of ammonia. The
explosion flung Robinson through a
metai lathe and cork insulated walL
f
-.— l
Plane Nose-Dive*,
Kills Three Men
ROLLING FORK. Miss., Aug. 12.
—(P)—Three men were killed in an
airplane crash here yesterday when
their plane nose-dived and fell
about 150 feet as the pilot banked
for a landing. The dead are: Al
bert T. Firth, Jr., of Mollybluff.
Miss., the pilot: Warren Barrier, 21.
of Rolling Fork, and Joe Jox. 51,
of Charleston. B iss.
PILOT KILLED WHEN
PLANE FALLS IN FOG
PITTSBURGH. Pa., Aug. 12.—(.P)
—Harry Smith. 26. Akron. Ohio,
pilot, was killed today when his
plane fell on the Pittsburgh-Mc
Keesport boulevard r.ear Bettis
field. He had taken off 15 minutes
earlier from Bettis field and was
believed to have become confused
in r fog.
CANADIAN FLYER"
SOUGHT IN WILbs
TORONTO. Ont., Aug. 12.—4/P)—
Charles A. “Duke” Schiller. Cana
dian flying ace. was sought today
in the wilds along the northwest
shore of Hudson bay where he lias
been missing since his takeoff two
weeks ago on a prospecting flight
with two companions.
BERLIN OPENS WORLD
ADVERTISING MEETING
BERLIN. Aug. 12.—OP)—Selling
the idea of peace to the world be
came the keynote at the First for
mal session today of the world ad
vertising congress, at which 1,000
American delegates were present.A
total of 5.000 advertising men rep
I resenting 20 nations are attending
I the convention.
MOTHER DROWNS FOUR
GLASGOW—Mrs. Ellen Spey
drowned her four children In the
river at Buckle. Banffshire.
Centralizing State
Pen System Big Job
en pk.ity of time we can present
a report and plan of reorganizing
the system that will give the legis
lature something to think about."
hr said. “It is an undertaking that
should not be unnecessarily rushed
to completion. We should have am
ple time to work out and perfect
our plans.
“It is taken for granted that most
of the prison farms in south Texas
wili be retained by the system, and
that while considerable farming
will be done, some kind of industrial
occupation will be adopted.
Gov. Moody is said to favor the
manufacture by prison initiates of
clothing, furnishings and other
commodities used by state institu
tions. Also, possibly, printing and
book-binding, especially rebinding
of free text books, will be recom
mended as an occupation.
Labor May Object
If the state should attempt to get
very far into the manufacturing
business, organized labor, as well as
organized capital, could be expect
ed to pretest. Already, that objec
tion has come to the surface. Agi
tation for the manufacture of ce
ment by the state for road con
struction. some of it from official
sources, soon vanished during legis
lative sessions when taxpayers in
terested in the cement industry
voiced their objaetlm.
The centralization commission
comprises W. A. Paddock cf Houu
.,Dr A. O. Scott of lim;
Joseph Wearden of Goliad. J. B. H.
Holder by cf Fort Worth, E. H. As
tin of Bryan, Lee Simmons of Sher
man. Rabbi Henry Cohen of Gal
veston. Fred H. Horton c* Green
ville. and Frank L Tiller, all mem
bers of the prison board; Represen
tatives A. H. King cf Throckmor
ton. John F. Wallace cf Teague.
Coke R. Stevenson cf Junction. E.
T. Murphy of Livingston and Har
ry N. Graves of Georgetown, and
Senators Nat Patton of Crockett, J.
W. Stevenson of Victoria. W. A.
Williamson cf San Antonio and Ed
gar E. Witt of Waco. Mr. Paddock
is chairman. Representative King.
i vice-cnairman and Bob Barker of
I Port Worth, executive secretary.