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CLAY HISTORY
TOLD AT CLUB
*
■ 11 1 — *
Herbert Stokely of Valley
Product* Co. Speak* at
Rotary Luncheon
Herbert Stokely, who Is connected
with the Valley Clay Products
company, was a speaker at the Ro
tary luncheon on Wednesday, giv
ing an interesting account of the
history of brick and other clay pro
ducts, and of the making and uses
of these.
Surface clay, such as is found ui
South Texas and the Valley, Mr.
Stokely said, makes clay products
just as strong and durable as that
made from the shale found further
north and has in addition the ad
vantage of not bang so brittle as
the shale brick. He declared that
his company has never filed a
breakage claim on tile against a I
railroad, an unusual record.
Mr. Stokely stressed the economy
and durability of hollow tile con
struction. While the tile is mu*h
lighter than brick, the walls will
bear a load much greater than that
it must bear in a wall. As an ex
ample. he cited the case of tile used
in the construction of the junior
college here. When the question of
the strength of tile construction
arose, samples of the tile were test
ed. and it was found that they
would bear a load of 1000 pounds,
whereas no tile in the building
would be required to uphold a
weight of more than 30 pounds per
square inch.
Judge J. Q. Louthan, of San
Benito, was a guest of the club.
* Albert Retd had charge of the
program this week. No business
was discussed.
Rio Hondo School
Staff Announced
C8peclal to The Herald)
RIO HONDO. Aug. 22 —Prof M
C. Rushing, superintendent of
schools in Rio Hondo, announces
his teaching staff ^completed and
ready to begin school September 2.
Senior high school: Jack Fresh
our, principal: L. D. Todd, science: j
Miss Willie Fosselman. history; Clo
vis Hickman. 8panish; Nancy Rice,
economics; Josephine Higman, Ere
lish.
Junior high: Miss Carol Thomas,
principal; Mrs. Fay Sheffield, his
tory; Miss Lois Clark, mathematics;
Miss Gladys Nation. English.
Grammar school: Miss Maude
Johnson, principal; Miss Bessie
Mire, Lorene Beene, Rose Goodle
ranson. Ruth Newport.
Mexican school. Mrs. Adp Kirk
ham, principal; Miss Lucille Hough.
Miss Charlotte McEowen. Miss Ruth
McMurtrey.
U. L. Carrico and band and or
chestra.
COMING TO RIVOLI FRIDAY
Scene from "The Time. The Place end The Girl.” opening Friday at
the Rivoli Theater in San Benito.
MOODY GETSMORE BLAME
THAN PRAISE FOR HONEST
EFFORT TO CUT TAX RATE
AUSTRIA, Aug. 22.—f/p)—Gov
ernor Dan Moody has about decid
ed it is a thankless job—this thing
of trying to save the taxpayers a
few dollars on the state rate. Every
one who observed his work on the
top-heavy appropriation bills was
convinced that it was a tedious and
trying task. It required constant ap
plication, much midnight oil and
limitless diplomacy.
By day he received and listened
to scores of individuals and com
mittees who called in person to urge
that he leave untouched by his blue
pencil items they were interested in.
By night, surrounded by a commit
tee of advisers, he attempted to do
his whittling, exercis ng care to take
from the money measures only items
that were NOT absolutely necessary
and which would be foregone for
the time being, or until the statc5s
finances were in better condition.
Pipe Lines for
DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION
Let
Agar & Gentry ' |
% San Benito. Texas
Design, Finance end Install
Large Tracts Preferred
. ._.......*_ I
TITLE INSURANCE
HThen you borrow money on real estate many loan companies re
juire the title to tie insured The best test of whether a title is
nsurabie. is to have it insured. Require a title insurance policy
when you buy.
VALLEY ABSTRACT COMPANY
Prompt Title Service
Brownsville Edinburg
Opposite Court Bouse E Han-iman Bird
Phone 1184 Pbonr 93
I ____ __________________________ __ '
Jones Transfer & Storage Co. Inc. |
Distributing, Storing, Moving, Crating
and Shipping
Daily motor Freight and Express Service
between all Valley points
Bonded Warehouses at
Harlingen — Edinburg — Brownsville
Phone 3 Phone 3 Phone 787
We Make Keys For Any Lock
--Also Duplicate Keys
Stocked sharpened Radiator Repair
and repaired Specialists
Lawn Mowers General Welding
Re ho”;"" T. J. ROMMER p;27
W. O. Rozell
AUCTIONEER
IF IT HAS VALUE I CAN
SELL IT AND GET THE
MONEY
San Benito, Texas
The governor did his level best
to get the legislature to cut the bills
to within the state revenue, even
going so far as to reject the entire
batch of some $51,000,000 worth of
appropriations and calling the leg
islature tack to reduce them After
it had cut them to $47,800,000 he
found it necessary to eliminate
items aggregating $3,000,000 from
the revamped measures.
It necessitated the veto of build
ings for four colleges and schools.
Fearing that the governor might de
cide th°se buildings could be elim
inated for the time being .friends of
the schools poured into his office to
urge their approval. Senators and
representatives camped on his trail.
Notwithstanding all the influen
ces broucht to bear on him to leave
rertam items untouched, he swent
everything aside and made an ef
fort to si7"e up the situation as an
unbiased Texan—a governor trying
to hold th? tax rate down.
Much Criticism
After he had done his work, there
came criticisms from many quar
ters. Some of the departments did
not like it because he had curtail
ed their allotments for help.
The board of control chairman
contended that by cutting the elee
mosynary bill the governor had
forced a situation that was difficult
->f solution. It was stated that the
nstitutlons would have to revert to
‘heir double r#hlft in probable viola
in of the 9-54 hour law.
Governor Moody claimed that
with the assistance of a member ol
the board he had carefully taken
from the b'll provisions for attend
ants that he felt were superfluous.
Tn addition, he contended that the
,'-54 hour law did not apnly to state
nstitutlons and pointed to an onin
handed down by Chief Justice
C. M. Ou-eton of the supreme court
when Jud"* Or*t*n was an assist
ant a**nmev *°r?ra1 «ww'* vp^rs ago.
More P'anp Than P~a!se
He e-oused the ire of fowne^s of
v’est Texes wh*n h* t*ok f-om th*
and aepoun+s the V5onna
r>*V fr>—
'■—ed vr'’er the pink boll worm
To ma’’° a lmv» **ory sh*rf: Th*
~ovemr w*s n-^oVv subte*t*d to
—ore crit'Hsir tMn nralse for his
-ffort on behalf of a lower state tax
-ate.
“It maf not amount to more than
M to the average tax paver, but ev
*ry one cent sav*ri on th* state tax
’•ate represents about $300,000 in the
•’"grecate to th* taxpayers.” Gov
-"■nor Moody said.
He ssaid had he letf the levlsla
‘ure a’one and not retwu««‘tted an
nropriatlons and then refrained
'”om dolne any vetoing, it would
have ranu'rad a 40 rent, ad valorem
•ax rat* to meet exnenses of the
-tate. The constitutional limit is 35
rents.
Storap* r^nnoany
Is Rw>rffi»nize^
fSn**iai 11 The Hera'd!
HARLTNGFN Aug. 22 —R*nrvan
«~aMon of the Merchants’ Storage
A Transfer comoany here has been
announced bv A. Hi*hnote. new
s*"retarv and treasurer, and wh*
will act as manager of the busi
ness.
Mr. Highnote succeeds S. G
Hunter as secretary’ and manager.
A. O. White succeeds R. C. Hancc
as president of the company.
POLICE JARGON
* * *
SHOWS ENGLISH
* * *
UNINTELLIGIBLE
CHICAGO. Aug. 22—tm>—Eng
llsh as she is spoken becomes daily
more intricate.
A policeman today was explain
ing one of the stunts on the pro
gram for the police field meet at
Soldier Field next Saturday, and
this is what he said:
“A cannon fades a mark and
takes it on the lam with the
boodle. He is tailed by the bulls,
dunce-capped, given the weeps by
a Niagara pineapple, and hooked
for the rap."
Translated for the benefit of
the kiddies:
“A gunman holds up a citizen
and runs away with the man's
money. He is trailed by police,
cornered, driven from his refuge
by tear bombs and captured for
punishment.”
J
VISITOR LADDS
CITY PROGRESS
Ofl Man Enroute to Tam
pico Says Development
£jnce 1918 Amazing
A. W. Watts, vice president of the
Sinclair Consolidated Oil company,
and in charge of the Meican
branch of ne company, visited
Brownsville Wednesday on his way
to Tampico an*' other points In
Mexico to look after holdings of the
company In th'' section.
“The progress made by Browns
ville since I was here last in 1918
really amazed me,” Mr. Watts de
clared, after half a day spent here.
“It seems to me that Brownsville
and Laredo arc the most progres
sive towns along the border, and
that Brownsville has made more de
velopment than Laredo in the last
10 or 12 years.” Mr. Watts has en
tered Mexico through Laredo on
previous trips, but came to Browns
ville this time to go to Tampico by
plane.
“While I have not taken a trip
through the farming sections, from
the quality of the fruit, and from
what I have been tol'1 of the growth
of the ctirus Industry in the last
few years, I would expect this sec
tion to become the main reliance
of eastern markets for grapefruit, a?
the Valley produ t is all .dy quite
well liked there,” he stated.
Mr. Watts ha* "cently made trips
to the Russian and other foreign
fields controlled by his company.
TEXAS TOPICS
Town’s Second Youth — Wink
Cleans Up — Hamburgers and
OU.
Comfort, Texas, settled by emi
grant German nobles 75 years ago,
a town where merchants used to ac
cept hand-hewn shingles in lieu of
cash, and which now is in the van
guard of development, will celebrate
its diamond anniversary. Sept. 3.
The first building was erected in
Comfort by Theodor Wiedenfeld in
1852, and the town was created in
1854.
The hijack ;r’s old story that ‘if
there’s no place else to go we can
go back to Wink," no longer holds
good, officers of the oil town have
proclaimed. Ranger Capt. W. L.
Wright andl his company and the
local officers have completed an
other clean-up raid in the little
boom city that was so thorough the
underworld element has been clean
ed out completely.
Mr. and Mrs. Dude, at McCamey,
have built up a stake in the ham
burger business to permit his start
ing a successful venture in oil. If
it works out as they hope, the ham
burger probably will find r\ place
in the cost of arms of a future mil
lionaire. The first well Dude, whose
full name is Dewey Weger, drilled,
has been sold out at a good profit.
| it was announced. He has been
making $5,000 a year at his oil field
hamburger stand, and is keeping
the stand going until he finds how
the oil business turns out.
Mrs. E. J. Rabb. 74, who came to
Texas in a covered wagon, died at
Port Worth.
Presidio Del Nore. 300-year-old
Rio Grande town, having its second
youth with a real building boom.
Bruce Fowler, who left Texas
prison to marry at Wichita Falls,
has been recaptured and taken back
to Huntsville, his bride going with
him.
CAPITOL MARRIAGE COMEDY
\i, ■ tain i a _m.*, , .
Miriam Seegar. Adolphe Menjou and Fay Compton in a scene from
“Fashions in Love," opening today at the Capitol.
nHOWEf
MsioeuottsI
RIVOLI—SAN BENITO
Greta Garbo earned that four
month vacation she spent back
home in Stockholm before returning
to our anxious shores to make “The
Single Standard," closing at the Ri
voll theater in San Benito tonight.
This new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
feature is a musical and sound syn
chronization, the answer to the
Garbo fans’ prayer in that it has
returned to them their wandering
Swedish. But it is, cinematically,
vastly more than a mere welcome
hosie reception .or the exotic Greta
and achieves a greatness in enter
tainment values almost unbelievable
now in this age of all-talkies.
CAPITOL
Adolphe Menjou, that suave, deb
onair gentleman of the screen,
makes his debut in talking pictures
in “Fashions in Love,” a gay. so
phisticated comedy of marriage,
starting today at the Capitol the
ater. In this latest Paramount all
dialogue presentation. Menjou is at
his very best; his amusing portray
al recalling to mind those early, de
lightful characterizations in “The
Grand Duchess and the Waiter,”
and "The King of Main Street.”
But more than anything else.
“Fashions in oLve,” proves without
I We LCOME to
NEW YORK and
^ IhtiOTEL
GOVERNOR
(JINTON
3I"ST~*7T*AVE.
Cpoo,it, PENNA. R.R. STATION
1200 Rooms
each with
Bath and
Servidor
ERNEST G. KILL
Gen. Mgr.
ROOM*™BATH 3®°UP
a doubt that talking pictures offer
Menjou an exceptional opportunity
to resume his place as one of the
most popular actors on the screen
today.
In support of Menjou is Fay
Compton, the well known actress of
the legitimate stage, making her
first appearance on the screen.
TEXAS
There is realism galore in “Weary
River,” the new First National fea
ture starring Richard Barthelmess
which is starting today at the Tex
as theater.
“Weary River” has but one scene
of prison life; the balance of the
story is laid in a modern American
city with a night club, a gambling
house, a luxurious apartment, etc.
Strictly speaking, it is not what is
generally called an underworld or
crook story; rather, it is a senti
mental tale of a singing convict
whose voice ove. the radio achieves
for him a parole, a new life and the
love of a girl.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
TO NAME BEST BABY
•
BRENHAM. Aug. 22. f/Ty—Wash
ington county’s “best baby’’ will be
chosen at the pioneer harvest fes
tival nmere Aug. 23. The state
health department has been asked
to send a nurse here to Judge the
entrants. The maximum age limit
will be two years. The best phy
sical specimen will Ir awarded $7.50
and other prizes while the runner
up will receive $5.
Btttmaim
— Bargain Nitc ——
10c Each
“TRENTS LAST
CASE”
With
Marceline Day
ARTCLASS COMEDY
>*iRS3K&
— Now Showing —
Richard Barthelmess
| — In —
‘WEARY RIVER’
with BETTY COMPSON
Here’s Your Chance to See
Weary River at Low Prices
5c — 10c — 15c
4
BOLL WORM IS
NOT IN VALLEY
Officials Says Proposed Era*
dication Designed For
Big Bend Area
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Aug. 22.—The fact
that the pink boll worm has been
found on either side of the Rio
Grande in this se'tion was empha
sized here by J. E. Bell, chamber of
commerce secretary, In connection
with announcement that efforts are
being made to eradicate it along
the border.
A group of federal men are now
practically through with their in
spection in f-i section, and have
found none of the boll worms. The
inspection is made ever y.ar, Bell
pointed out, and none of the pests
ever have been found.
“The negotiations are to clean up
the section around the Big Bend
country,” Bell said. “We are glad
that the two governments plan to
It*. Cool
Harlinpren
NOW SHOWING
A Startling Slant
on Companionate
Marriage!
All
Talking
MOMENT
Presented by Richard
A. Rowland from story
of same title by Elinor
Jlyn
Added—
All Talkmg Comedy
Kentucky Jubilee
Movietone News
“Cool Surf Bath
Drive right up
BRAZOS ISLANl
(at Boca
Private Dressing Rooms —
Bathing Suits -
- MODERA1
Free Ice Water an
real :
work together In eradicating this
pest, but we wish to make It clear
that the Valley has never had any
pink boll worm.”
HARLINGEN ELECTS
KIWANIS DELEGATjA
(Special to The Herald) %
HARLINGEN, Aug. 22.—Delegate
to the district Kiwanis convention
in Oklahoma City were announced
at the meeting of the Kiwanis club
here this week.
They are Jack Carey, C. M. Wun
derman. Dr. W. M. Driskell and B.
M. Holland.
PUEBLO, Colo.—Raiders of a farm
still fdhnd a large poster bearing a
copy of the Lord* Prayer over three
barrels of mash and another with
the twenty-third Psalm over the
stll.
The Valley's Perfect Talking
Picture Theatre
!
i
£jn Beni lo
— LAST DAY —
GRETA GARBO
— In —
“THE SINGLE
STANDARD”
Never has the flaming Grgth
Garbo appeared to better ad
vantage. Her languorous
beauty, her fiery love-making
—they're all here in this new
triumph!
With
NILS ASTHER
JOHN MACK BROWN
Extra Added Attraction
EDDIE CANTOR
in the Musical Comedy
“Ziegfeld’a Midnight
Frolic”
Tomorrow and Saturday i
I
ing in Comfort” #
in your car to
) BATH HOUSE
Chica)
Showers — Sandwiches —
— Cold Drinks
E PRICES
d Plenty of Shade
SPORT! |
Today
It’s the accent |«l • •' •’
that gets ’em!
. .. when he whispers.
•What Is ze telephone number and
ie ad-dress? So! Zanks. cherie,
;ome day soon I see you, no?
Boy. 'they fall for it— From the famous Bal
and you’ll fall for Men- esco stage play. “The
Jou. too, in his first Concert.’’ Featuring the
speaking role. Here’s a pianist who thought
comedy that begins himself too good to be
with a chuckle and true, until several la
ends with a roar; dies taught him other
smart, sly, sophlsticat- wise. You’ll laugh while
ed! Men Jou learns!
Come! . t., . w Hear the Latest . . •'
“Fashions in Love”
Hear these
Featuring song hit*
ADOLPHE MENJOU cIP£r
A Paramount All Talking Comedy Hit! of
Introducing ‘Marcheta’’
* Fay Compton and Miriam Seegar
Fay Compton and Miriam Seegar, two brilliant actresses of the M-nlou
London stage, scintillating stars now presented to American sinis
audiences thru the med‘um of the audible screen. ‘Delphine"
Added Attractions
“Book Lovers” “Moonshine” Fay Comp.
Musical Fantasy Talking Act ton sings
‘•I Still Be.
lieve In
You”