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AUTOMOTIVE _AUTOMOTIVE
Convenien
G. M. A. (
£. Term*
THESE
Good
USED
CARS
four Car as
Part
Payment
MUST BE SOLD THIS WEEK
Your opportunity to obtain a
Good Used Car at a very at*
tractive pric. ties In oar need to
sell these splendid values this
week We most clear our t’sed
Car Department to make room
for trade-ins on Cadillacs and
La Salles.
These automobiles are selected
from our regular stock, to ex
cellent condition — mechanism,
body, finish, tires. Ton can buy
them THIS WEEK at specially
attractive prices. Demonstrations
gladly given. Come tn and select
your today!
Cadallacs and LaSalles
3929 CADILLAC
5 pads, sedan.
1929 LA SALLE
5 pass, sport sedan.
314 CADILLAC
5 pass, sedan.
1927 CADILLAC
7 pass, custom sedan.
Other Good Makes
1928 CHEVROLET
Light delivery, recon
ditioned.
1928 AUBURN SEDAN
Runs like new.
1928 OLDSMOBILE
Sport coupe.
1927 Buick Brougham
Completely over
hauled.
EVERY JALE MUST BE A BARGAIN
McDermott motor co.
At Our Sales Room
BROWNSVILLE and McALLEN
Classified Busi
architects_
BEN V. PROCTER
ENGINEERING CO.
Archtitcts—Engineer;
208 Merchant. Bank Bldg.
Phone 017
Brownsville, Texas
_—
E. G. HOLLIDAY
Architect and Builder
409 State Nat. Bank Bldg.
Phone 906
>_
K. NEWELL WATERS
4 Architect
9.12 Security State Bank Building
Weslaco, Texas
_j
"" AUTO REPAIRING_
M. A. Newman
Garage
In rear of Bell Service Station
Specializing in Curburetor
and Ignition \\ ork
Brownsville Agency and Service for
Stromberg Carbuerators
plJlLPERS—-CONTRACTORS
PROCTER & DUDLEY
General Contractors
528 Washington St.
Brownsville, Texas
Phone 627
E. M. RTDLEY
General Contractor
Roads, Land Leveling,
Plowing, Sub-soiling
EXCAVATIONS EMBANKMENTS
408 MERCHANTS NATL, BANK
BROWNSVILLE
DRAY-TRANSFER
Mason-Transfer &
Grain Co.
BONDED WAREHOUSE
SEEDS OF ALL KINDS
Light and Heavy Hauling
WE MOVE ANYTHING
1105 Adams. Phone 139
AUSTIN TRANSFER
COMPANY
Crating. Shipping. Hauling
Phones 421 and 519
HOTELS—CAFES
WHITE KITCHEN
Famous for its
Cooking—Immaculacy
and Service
The popular place for
business lunches
11th between Elisabeth and
Levee
“ REAL ESTATE
UtRREN REALTY
COMPANY
Realtors
Reese-Wll-Memd Hotel Bldg.
Harlingen. Tens
VALLEY CITRUS GROVES
OUR SPECIALTY
Write, phone or call
LOS EBANOS
Brownsville's Supreme Residential Dis
trict. carefully restricted, completely
improved. Home sites from 11200.00,
easy terms. Jmee - Dickinson Co..
Realtors, corner El Jardin Motel Bldg..
Brownsville.
ness Directory i
REAL ESTATE
F. W. Howard
REAL ESTATE AND RENTALS
Farm Property
Large Tracts of Citrus Lands
Arcade Bldg. Phone 1090
MATRESS RENOVATING
Let Us Renovate
Your Mattress
We make mattresses to order. All
repair work guaranteed.
SOMMERS
12th and Adams
Phone 674
FLORISTS
BOWYER THE FLORIST, flowers
and funeral designs. St. Charles
and Pita streets. Phone 312-J.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
ART METAL
FILING
Equipment
Maverick-Clarke Lltho. Co.
208 Merchants National Bank
Phon: 617—Brownsville
Office Equipment and Supplies
HARGROVE S STATIONERY d:
BOOK STORE
Brownsville, Texas
FUXEmAL oirectobs
ROOFING
THE TURNER BROWNSVILLE
ROOFING CO., Inc.
We -espectfully 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” Rebuilts—all makes.
We repair all makes typewriter and
adding machines. 1112 Elizabeth
St. Phone 1105.
WOODSTOCK TYPEWRITER
SALES CO.
Typewriters—Adding Machines
Supplies—Repairs
Phone 506—Harlingen
Exclusive Sales and Service
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER
COMPANY
123 S. first Phone 2»3
Harlingen
PROFESSIONAL
ATTORNEY*
RALPH A. DUNKELBERO
Attorney at Law
Commercial Collections a Specialty
106 Seabury. George and Taylor
Building
Brownsville, Texas
H. B. GALBRAITH
Attorney at Law
Merchants National Bank Bldg.
Brownsville, Texas
———^
Attorney at Law
State National Bank Bldg.
Brownsville
Auction Land Sale
Located 5 mile? from Brownsville on Point Isabel
highway and one mile*F east, three miles north Boca
Chica highway on Central Ave. and 1-2 mile east. In
order to bring owner and purchaser together will sell
on grounds 12 acres west of canal on block 187, share
28, El Jardin tract, near Brownsville, Texas, on Thurs
day, Dec. 5, 1929 at 2:30 P. M.
Mrs. L. Henshaw, owner. T. J. Bretz, auctioneer
T. J. Bretz, auctioneer
All or part 15 1-2 acre tract. Lot 14, Block B—El Jar
din Terrace Subdivision—near Brownsville on Boca
Chica Highway. Modern eight room house 6 1-2
acres, four-year-old citrus trees. Dec. 5, 1929, 3:80
P. M.
Mrs. Helen Gantt, owner. T. J. Bretz, auctioneer
X-13
AUTOMOTIVE
10th & Adams
STEVENSON MOTOR CO- In*.
Brownsville Texas
Buick Big Six Brougham. Unusually
fine condition Bargain 8675. An elegant
car cheaper than a Ford. R. R. Ragan.
985-W. V-270
FOR EXCHANGE: Six cylinder Coupe
to trade for good citrus trees. Poet
Office Box 83, Brownsville, Texas.
W-246
HELP WANTED
POSITIONS are open to two rung
men and two young ladles, starting
Nine Dollars per week; chance for ad
vancement. Unless you are willing to
give entire attention to business dur
ing business hours do not apply. Jno.
C. Fanning, Capitol Theatre. X23
—•. B—■
SALESMEN—AGENTS
LAND MEN WANTED
RIO GRANDE VALLEY
New 6.000 exclusive citrus grove de
velopment. New Club House. Finest
In Valley. Old established company.
Three year care plan. Want success
ful salesmen with money for financing
their own operations, delivering pros
pects here. Liberal cash commission.
Exclusive territory. Permanent. Wire
me today territory wanted. If I do
not know you, state past experience
and reference. Am ready to go with
finest proposition ever bandied.
C. H. SWALLOW.
Alamo, Texas.
Z12
SITUATIONS WANTED
LET MX HAUL your seed potatoes. 10c
sack; anywhere In El Jar din. Phone
900 7 F 11. Jack Triplett. X28
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SALE—Near beer stand, near post
office. A. D. Greer. San Benito, Tex
X30
Suburban Grocery, McAllen. For sale
reasonable. Nice fixture# and small
stock. Walker-Craig Company. Mission.
W-206
ARTICLES FOR SALE
500 Business Cards. No. 88, printed. ’
$2.00; 150 letter heads 6x9 and 150 en
velopes. 82.00. Orders sent C. O. D.
Address C. C. Box 864. Harlingen. Tex
W-67
FOR SALE—Ladles’ wrist watch. 18
jewel Swiss movement, platinum case,
set with two large pear shaped dia
monds. and 82 small diamonds. Prop
erty of bank through foreclosure. A
real bargain. Investigate at The Se
curity State Bank, Weslaco. Tex. x27
QRAPEFRUTT and oranges for sale at
Nathan Moore Farm. El Jar din Blvd.
X19
One 19 ft. speed boat, one 18 ft. canoe
good condition any reasonable offer.
2 new screen grid Strom be rg-Carlsco
table models, one console mode), one
large dynamic floor model speaker, two
large magnetic speakers’ one El to Quad
Outboard motor, one Elto Lightweight
all new at cost; selling out and leaving
Lower Rio Grande Valley; Reason; too
much money here and Its demoralizing
Cash only.
See John N. Merrill 224 Levee St
Phone 587 or write P. O. Box 968
X-10
STEINWAY PIANOS
and other standard makes. P. D. Hamb
ty. Boa 562. Phone 868-J, Brownsville
W-181
Player piano tn first class condition
Sacrifice. Box 562. Phone 868-J. F. D
Hambly. W-185
NURSERYMEN
Burlap bags, any quantity.
Clagett’s Feed Store
Donna, Texas
BRIGHT CANE HAY for sale; $17 per
ton. delivered. Bailey Kee. Phone
1383-W.W-133
TREES, PLANTS AND SEED
TWO MILLION big fiald grown cab
bage plants crown from best new crop
treated seed ready now. Copenhagen.
Early Flat Dutch and Glory of Enk
hulzen. 75c per 1000 at the field, de
livered 90c per 1000 In lots 25.000 or
mor*. Dodge Plant Farms, Rarmond
vllle. Office block north court house,
phone 128. X26
LIVESTOCK—POULTRY
FOR SALE—Baby chicks from the Val
ley's best flocks. We do custom hatch*
lug. O. ft. fclfcson Co.. La Ferta. Texas
w-ioe
WE ARE booking orders for January
delivery of baby chicks from the best
flocks in South Texas. Reds. Rocks,
Wyandottes. Orpingtons, and Whit*
Leghorns. Write or call for price list.
Book your orders early for early chicks.
Cameron County Chlckerlee, La Fet*a.
Texas. X31
FOR 8ALE—30 Rock Island Red puUets.
laying. 3123 each. Also 400 Buff Or
pington baby chicks. 3 weeks old, at
a b&icC. Qe—nrwa county Cdckde
La Ferla. Texas. *a33
BABY CHICKS
Are booking orders on 8. C. White Leg
horn beby chicks for as low as 111.00
a hundred. Also giving discount on
orders of chicks from my trspnested
matings. See or write for circular and
prices now. Oetzel's Poultry Farm
Donna, Texas. Phone 232. W-175
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALK—Attractive proposition to
anyone considering all my 3 farms, 121
acres, near Brownsville. Highly im
proved. About 32 acres grove, includ
ing farm equipment. Terms. P. O.
Box 507, Phone 9013 ft Brownsville.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE: 3. 10, or 20 sere tract*. Will
set all to orchard and take care of
same for two years for $350.00 per acre
All good stuff. See or write E. E. Wood.
Donna. Texas. Phone 8005-P-3. W-235
FOR SALS: 23 acres best citrus and
potato land, near Brownsville. 3 acres
bearing citrus trees, small house and
garage. $323 per acre. Shown by ap
Kintment. No agents, Mrs. Taylor,
one 1165-W W-217
For Sub-Division
160 Acres
Located 4 blocks from the high
school and closer to Brownsville
than the exclusive Los Ebanos
Subdivision. Winding reeaca run
ning through property offering
natural lak- front sites for sub
division. This property Is for sale
by owners and can be bought at a
very attractive price. Henson-Lo
max St Houston and Brownsville
Development Co. W-191
INVESTIGATE
SUMMIT PLACE
THEN INVEST
In Brownsville's aew Business
and -evidential sub-divtsl-m.
located on 13th and 14th
streets on* mile from Gateway
Bridge, on the main thorough
fare leading to tbs proposed
ship channel, municipal air
port. rich farming ’Istrict of
El Jirdln. and Boca Chlea
Beach Easy terms Ten per
cent down balance 3 years to
pay. Jesse Dennett. phone427.
Brownsville, Texas.
LOTS FOR SALE
WILL SELL 4 modem lots, plenty of
‘rew- Paving
^ °D COnl,!r Grant “<* 16th
an < lots. 4-room
fr*Rle house. gas. water.
oran6“- Terms. Hayes
At loth. E. B. Gordon. W-222
_HOUSES FOB SALE
A Home in Los Ebanos
That It what everyone looks
forward to. Here it is all
ready for you. Comfortable,
commodious, elegant.
Inspection Invited. Price
only $18,000.
R. R. RAGAN, Builder
Phone 985 W x-4
BUY OR EXCHANGE
For Exchange: Fine farm near the city
of Brownsville, just off paved road;
very god Improvements and extra good
land. What have you to offer’ Describe
fully. R. J. Thomas. La Faria. Texas
_ W-239
_LAND fOR RENT
WANTED: Renter for 40 acres good
land within four miles of Brownsville;
very good improvements end extra good
for good tenant. Just off the paved
road. Box 411. La Ferta, Texas. W-239
FOR RENT—50 acres potato land. Irri
gated. Call at 101 Adam* Steet. or
phone 861. T-97
APARTMENTS
Furnished 3-room apartment with gas.
light*, telephone, garage. 130. Phone 911.
W-77
FOR RENT: Unfurnished 4-room apart
ment. All conveniences. Frlgldalre. prlv
ate bath and garage. Mrs. Richter.
Phone 841-W. W-243
CONLEY APARTMENTS*—3 rooms, hot
water and gas. S31.00 and $36.00 per
month. Phone 847-W.
FOR rent . Four room south apart
ment. private bath. $30.00. Two room
apartment with sink. 622.50. On pave
ment. Phone 946-W. V-163
Nebraska Apartments Furnished, frlgi
dalre. Furnished and unfurnished cot
and Fourteenth Phone
_ V-71
FOR RENT—Newly furnished apart
ment In duplex. Ilia W. Elisabeth
Phone Carlos O. Watson. W118
FOR RENT. New apartments and rooms
Phone 9S7-J. 8-170
Ught Housekeeping roams; hot water,
nectridty. Oas; down town; reason
able. 1407 Elizabeth. X3
FOR RENT — Furnished apartment i
Lights, water and gas furnished; 627.50
per month. Also two desirable sleep-1
ing rooms. Phone 189. X21
FURNISHED ROOMS
FOB RENT: Nicely furnished rooms in
Albln Hotel. Harlingen. Special weekly
and monthly rates. w-95
FOR RENT: Three comfortable bed
rooms. with gas heat. *12.00 per month,
i One cosy 2-room apartment, after the
first: light furnished, *30.00 per month.!
Phone 186. 13th and Jackson. W-242
FFRNISHXD ROOMS—South exposure
very close bn reasonable 042 Levee
T-112
Sixteen furnished rooms, choice loca
tion, long lease. Money maker, full
house, attractive price. C. T. Asbury.
Mercedes, Texas. Phone 307. w-245
TWO NICELY furnished bedrooms each
suitable for two; separate beds. In
private home. 745 Levee, phone 878W
, W-228
FOB RENT—5-roam cottage, close in.
All modem conveniences. Phone 110.
X24
i FOR BALE—Four residences, good lo
cation. easy terms.
* 8. FORD * SONS I
HOUSES
FOB RENT—West Brownsville, new 8
room brick house: shades, gas. water
heater, double garage, concrete drive,
fenced-ln back yard, servants’ quarters.
Also modern 3-room house, shades, hot
water, fenced-ln back yard, concrete
drive. Phone 941-J or see W. A. Ra*co
*33
6-ROOM HOUSE, all conveniences, gss.
electricity, double garage. Corner Jef
ferson ds 10th. Phone 10 or apply 915
Jefferson. X-5
FOR RENT—8 room modern bouse All
conveniences. 16 St. Chas and Palm
Blvd 0-207
FOR KENT House located at 1323
Washlnfton Street. Eight rooms, bath
closets, kitchen, two garages, gas and
water connections Apply above address
or phone 20 or 720.
FOR RENT—3-room house, corner West
12th and St. Charles. Phone 722.
W-131
5-room house with garage and gas.
830 00. Phone 911. W-238
LEGAL AD'.TRTIPEMENT
AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance levying and provid
ing for the assessments and collec
tion of taxes for the city of Browns
ville, Texas, for the year 1929; for
the purpose of defraying the cur
rent expenses of said city, and im
proving, erecting and construction of
public buildings, water works, elec
tric lights, streets, sewers and oth
er improvements within said city,
paying off city warrants and inter
est thereon and paying the inter
est on outstanding bends, creating
& sinking fund for the payment of
said bonds and providing for a six
per cent interest rate per annum
and a penalty of ten percent on al!
delinquent taxes.
Be it ordained by the City of
Brownsville:
That on each and every One Hun
dred ($100.00) Dollars assessed val
uation in lawful money of the Unit
ed States of America, assessed in the
manner prescribed by the Laws cf
this State, and the Ordinances of
this City, there is hereby levied, and
there shall be assessed and col
lected for the year 1923, on all prop
erty; real, personal ar d mixed; sit
uated in the City of Brownsville
County of Cameron. State of Texa
and all property sent out of the sale
City of Brownsville on the 1st da;
of January, 1929, for the purpose c.
evading taxation thereon and al
terwards returned to said City, ex
cept so much thereof as shall ty
expressly exempt from taxation b.
the Constitution and Laws of th«
State of Texas, and the Ordinance
of the City of Brownsville, the fol
lowing tax, to-wit:
(1.). For the purpose of defray
in* the current expenses of the City
of Brownsville, Texas, for the year
29, the sum of Ten (.10c) Cents on
each One Hundred $100.00 Dollars
assessed valuation.
(2). For the purpose of paying the
principal and Interest on all out
standing Funding Warrants, Sewer
Warrants, Special Road Warrants
and all other Warrants and Bonds
that may become due and payable
during the year 1929, the following
amounts for the several purposes
shown, to-wit:
Funding Warrants of 1918, .0259
on each $100.00 assessed valuatlop.
Funding Warrants of 1921, .0536 on
eacli $100.00 assessed valuation.
Street Improvement Warrants, Se
ries A.. 1924, .0070 on each $100.00
assessed valuation
Funding Warrants of 1927, .0489 on
each $100.00 assessed valuation
Street Improvement Warrant*, Se
ries B., .0164 on each $100.00 as
sessed valuation.
Street Improvement Warrants, Se
ries C, 1924, .0166 on each $100.00
assessed valuation.
Street Improvement Warrants, Se
ries E, 1925, .0106 on each $100.00
assessed valuation.
Street Improvement Warrants Se
ries F. 192o, .0163 on each $100.00
assessed valuation.
Street Improvement Warrants, Se
ries P-1-2,1925. .0015 on each $100.00
assessed valuation.
Fire Station Warrants of 1928,
.0136 on each $100.00 on each asses
sed valuation.
Permanent Improvement War
rants of 1928, .0608 on each $100.00
assessed valuation
Street Improvement Warrants of
1926, .0105 on each $100.00 assessed
valuation.
Street Paving Warrants. Palm
Boulevard, 1929, .0160 on each
$100.00 assessed valuation.
Improvement Warrants, Boiler,
1929, .0333 on each $100.00 asses
sed valuation.
Brownsville Permanent Improve
ment Warrants, 1929, .2048 on each
$100.00 assessed valuation.
(3) For the purpose of paying the
interest to accrue during the year
1929 on outstanding Bonds of said
City of Brownsville, and creating
a Sinking Fund for the payment
of eaid Bonds at maturity, the
following amounts, to wit:
Electric Light Bonds of 1907, .0045
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Water Works Bonds of 1907, .0271
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Electric Light Bonds of 1910, .0070
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Water Works Bonds of 1910, .0070
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Electric Light Bonds of 1911, .0070
on each $100.00 assessed valuation
Water Works Bonds of 1911, .0158
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Street Paving Bonds of 1911, .0362
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Market and City Hall Bonds of
1911, .0054 on each $100.00 assessed
valuation.
Water and Light Bonds of 1918,
.0475 on each 8100.00 assessed val
uation.
Street Paving Bonds of 1928, .0381
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Storm & Sanitary Sewer Bonds
of 1918, .0333 on each $100.00 as
sessed valuation.
Abattoir Bonds of 1918, .0158 on
each 8100.00 assessed valuation.
8treet Paving Bonds of 1922, .0538
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Sewer Plant Bonds of 1926. .0421
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Street Improvement Bonds of
1926, .1300 on each $100.00 assessed
valuation.
Sewer Bonds of 1926, .0433 on
each $100.00 assessed valuat *.
Water and Light Bonds of 1926
.0433 on each s 100.00 assessed:
valuation.
Park Warrants of 1927, .1245 on
each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Treasury Warrants of 1927, .0812
on each $100.00 assessed valuation.
Park Bonds of 1928, .0427 on each
$10000 assessed valuation.
11. That of the land heretofore
included within the City, which
has since been by Ordinance duly
excluded and eliminated from the
City, there remains due and pay
able the interest and sinking fund
of the above named and listed
Bond Issues and Warrants from
and after the year 1907 to the year
1929, which said lands shall pay
their pro-rata of the interest and
sinking fund on all of the above
and foregoing issues from and af
ter the date of the same to the
year of exclusion of said lands.
Lands excluded in the year 1918,
being a pro-rata amounting tb
Thirteen (13c) Cents on each One
Hundred ($100.00) Dollars assessed
valuation; those excluded in the
year 1920, being Thirty-four (24c)
Cents on each One Hundred (100.
00) Dollars assesed valuation; and
those excluded in the year 1921.
being F-rty-five (45) Cents on each
One Hundred (3100.00) Dollars as
sessed valuation.
ill. That all of the said taxes
hereby levied, and which shall be
assessed and collected aforesaid,
shall be paid in lawful money of
the United States of America.
IV. That all taxes hereby levied,
and which shall be assessed and
collected under and by virtue of
this Ordinance, shall become due
and payable on the 15th day of
December. 1929. and one-half of
same shall be paid on or before the
31st day of January, 1930, and the
remaining one-half of the same
shall be paid on or before the 31st
day of Judy. 1930. Provided, how
ever, that in the event at least
half of said taxes are not paid on
or before the 31st day of 'anuary.
1930, a penalty of ten (10ro) per
cent shall accrue on the entire
amount of all taxes levied here
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
under which are not paid in the
manner and proportions as afore
said, and all such taxes which are
not paid on or before the 3lst da;
of January, 1930. a ill bear inter
est at the rate of six per centum
per annum from and after the
1st day of January. 1930. Provided
further, that in the event the se
cond one-half of any taxes Is not
paid on or before the 31st day of
July, 1930, there shall then accrue
a penalty of ten per cent of the
amount so becoming delinquent and
the said taxes shall draw interest
at the rate of six per cent per an
num from the 1st day of Tanuary,
1930, until paid, ail of which pen
alty and Interest, if any, shall be
paid when the taxes upon which
the same shall have accrued are
paid.
V. That the Tax assessor of the
City of Brownsville shall assess and
the Tax Co!' or of said Ci»y shall
collect all taxes levied and asses
sed by this Ordinance, together
with &U penalties and interest
which shall accrue thereon under
and by virtue thereof.
VI. That all Ordinances and
parts of Ordinances In any manner
in conflict with this Ordinance
are hereby repealed.
FINALLY PASSED AND AP
PROVED, this, the 1st day of Nov
ember A. D. 1929.
A. B. COLE. Mayor
City of Brownsville. Texas.
ATTEST
A. L. IIUNDAY,
Secretary
City of Brownsville. Texaa.
ll-27-4-2t--616.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO THE SHERIFF OR ANY CON
STABLE OF CAMERON COUNTY
GREETING:
You are hereby commanded to
summon Arthur Oupton. whose res
idence Is unknown, to appear at the
next regular term of the District
Court of Cameron County. Texas, to
be held at the court house thereof
In the City of Brownsville on the
third Monday in December. A. D.
1929, same being the 16th day of
December, A. D. 1929. then and
there to answer a petition filed In
said court on 12th day of November
A. D. 1929. the file number of which
suit is 8869. in which suit Estelle
Gupton is plaintiff, and Arthur
Oupton is defendant, and the cause
of action being alleged as follows:
Plaintiff alleges that she is a
bona fide resident and inhabitant
of Cameron Countv. Texas, and has
been such resident and inhabitant
for the last past twelve months, and
longer, nrior to the filing of this
suit and that the residence of de
fendant Is unknown, and after dili
«rent search and tnoiiirv cannot be
found: that n’ainttlff and defend
ant T"#re la"*f*»Hv marred November
4. 1925. at Edinburg. Texas and
lived together as husband and wife
until on or about January T. 1927.
i at which tim«* defendant. aft**r va
rious act* of cruel treatment, left
this plaintiff and has contributed
T*r»thincr to her anoport stride: that
«»»<ntiff »»nd defendant have a
-bud. a girt two rears of a*s». and
♦bis plaintiff sunnorts ben*»1f and
c*’fd rhftd: that on various Hern
dons nrior to Januarv t. 1977 de
fendant cursed an* abused and
struck this plaintiff, and the acts
and conduct of defendant are such
LEGAL ADYnTISEMKNT
.-.*
u to render their further living to
gether insupportable. Plaintiff prays
for judgmentt far divorce cancell
ing the marriage centred, and for
custody of the minor child.
You are commanded to ao sum
mon such defendant, arid to aerve
this citation by making publica
tion of this citation once each week
for four consecutive weeks prior to
the return date hereof In acme news
paper published in your county,
but If there be no newspper pub
lished In said county, then In any
newspaper published In the nearest
county where a newspaper Is pub
lished.
HEREIN PAIL NOT. but have
you before said court on the said
first day of the next regular term
thereof, this writ, with your return
thereon showing how you have exe
cuted the same.
Wittness John P. Scanlan. Clerk.
District Court. Cameron County
Texas.
Olven under my hand and seal
of said court In ths City of Brown
sville. this 12th day of November,
A. D. 1929.
JNO P. SC ALAN
Clerk District Court. Cameron
County. Texas.
By M. J. McTtaman. Deputy.
8EAL:
A true Copy I Oerttfy:
Jno. P. Scanlsn. Clerk. District
Court. Cameron County. Texas.
Bv m J. McTV-nan, Deputy.
ll-13-2C-27-4-4t-3Ml.
NOTICE
The State of Texas
County of Cameron
City of Brownsville
I, A B. Cole, Mayor of the City
of Brownsville, Texas, do hereby
certify that there have been filed
with me petitions, properly and suf
ficiently executed and acknowledged
as required by law, requesting that
there be placed on the official bal
lot for the general election to be
held in and for said City on De
cember 10, 1929, the names of can*
dldates for offices are as follows:
“FOR MAYOR
R. B. Rentfro
J. G Starck.
FOR COMMISSIONER No. I
A. W. Reed.
J A. Cobodlnl
FOR COMMISSIONER No. 2
W. T. Aldridge.
B. E. Hinkley.
FOR COMMISSIONER No. S
George L. Desha, Jr.
Manuel Besterlo.
FOR COMMISSIONER No. 4
H. L. Thomas.
R. C. Schmellng.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and the aeal of said City of
Brownsville. Texas, this 29 day of
November, 1929.
A. B. COLE.
Mayor of Brownsville, Texas
Attest:
A E. MUNDAY,
City Secretary.
11-29-to 10th
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