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Status of ‘Torch Singer’ and Other Reynolds’ Heirs Is Sought in Suit
“VALIDITY’ OF
MARRIAGE TO
AIRING
BALTIMORE. March 25. — (J?>—
A suit to determine the status at
law of certain heirs of the late
Smith Reynolds, especially that of
his widow, Libby Holman Rey
nolds, former Broadway singer, was
before the circuit court today. Its
purpose was to provide court
authority for disposition of Rey
nolds’ trust funds.
Trusts Held Up
The suit, filed by the Safe De
posit and Trust Company of Bal- j
timore. trustee of three trust es
tates payable to Reynolds, assert
ed operations of the trusts cannot
be safely completed or continued
unless the court assumes jurisdic
tion and determines the course to
be followed m their distribution.
The court was requested to un
tangle the complications arising
from the death of Smith Reynolds,
who was found fatally wounded
last July 6 at his home near Wins
ton-Salem, N. C. The settlement of
future legal technicalities also was
•ought.
The determination of the ‘‘val
idity of the marriage of Reynolds
and Elizabeth Holman’ on Nov.
29. 1931. was asked by the petition
er m subsequence to the determin
ation of ’the validity of the divorce
of the said Anne Cannon Rev
holds from the said Zachary Smith
Reynolds’ in Nevada on Nov. 23.
1931
Will Killing Sought
ience” as “Zachary Smith Rey
nolds. Jr." ;the first wife. Anne
Cannon Reynolds Smith, and her
daughter. Anne Cannon Reynolds,
were asked to be defined.
The suit also asked a ruling
concerning the provisions of the
R. J. Reynolds will, leaving a por
tion of his estate to his son when
ne became 28 years old; a will left
by Reynolds, a minor, in New
York and a North Carolina court
settlement with the first wife for
herself and her daughter.
American Legion
Has Social Meet
A joint meeting of the members
of both the Auxiliary and John
Hanson Post No. 43 was held at
Legion Hall Thursday. A large
number of members attended and
enjoyed the evening with a musical
program which included the sing
ing of a number of war-time songs.
Buffet supper was served.
Hidalgo Drys Elect
(Special to The Herald*
MERCEDES. March 25—H. T.
Stotler of this city is one of a large
staff of ".ice presidents elected to
serve the Hidalgo County United
Forces of Prohibition. The Rev. W.
F. Rutherford of McAllen was choc
en president of the organization.
Vice presidents of the groups are
E. C. Couch. Weslaco; H. T. Stof
ler. Mercedes; H. Tarplev. Edinburg;
George F. Dennis. McAllen: R. C.
Miller, San Juan; A. J. Hollenbeck :
McAllen; J. E. Wilkins, San Juan;
Mrs. T. O. Overstreet, McAllen,
and Glen Crabtree. San Juan:
Whit Rogers. McAllen, was named
secretary', and A. J. Flowers, Pharr,
treasurer.
Willacy’s Onion
Fiesta Recalls
First Experiment
(Special to The Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE. March 25.—
The completed program lor Willacy
county’s annual reminder to the U.
S. as to the origin of the *‘breain of
a nation.’’ the annual Onion Fiesta,
recalls Willacy county’s venture into
what has grown to be its major in
dustry. onion growing.
In 1929 Izzy Mortitz. then editor
SALE BEGINS
AT HAMMINGS
_
(Special to The Herald*
HARLINGEN. March 25—“We
are featuring the latest models
from California, personally selected
by me. and in the newest styles
and materials,” stated Mrs. An
nette Ramming Saturday morning
concerning her exclusive women’s
shop in Harlingen.
“Colors for spring and especially
for Easter wear are led by gray, with
white, blue and other pastel shades
following closely,” Mrs. Ramming
went further to say, "and mate
rials are ruff crepes, triple sheers,
wash silks, and crepes fashioned in
crisp spring styles with the new
est necklines and sleeve and skirt
treatment.”
Annette Ramming’s also has a
large selection of hats for Easter,
each in the newest color, style and
straw. The odd Sizes and shapes
of the hats are becoming with the
new dresses.
A line of wash frocks is also in
cluded. with morning and after
noon dresses in snappy models fea
tured. Materials are linens, crepes,
printed crepes, hand embroidered
linens, pique, the new ilet wrork and
batiste in smart stripes, plaids,
zigzags, printed or solid patterns.
This week. Annette Ramming is
having a sale, with Rreatly reduced
prices, placing dresses. coats,
which are the newest spring gar
ments in basket weaves, tweeds or
flannel in light colors or white,
lingerie or hats.
Kingsville Lions
Visitors to Valley
fSi>ecial to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. March 25—Lions
of Santa Rosa. Harlingen and San
Benito enjoyed the program pre
sented by the Kingsville club at tne
Madison' Hotel Friday night fea
turing the Texas A. & M College
Glee club which sang eight num
bers altogether.
The principal speaker was H. C.
Proctor, superintendent of schools
at Mission, who compared expendi
tures for education and luxuries in
Texas.
Pres. Henry Converse of the Har
lingen club presented Presidents G.
H. Peterman of Santa Rosa L. H
Warburton of San Benito anJPure
fov of Kingsville.
Club singing was led by C. E.
Henderson with Mrs Charles
Huntley at the piano
THE CENTER, A CHIFFON
PRINT IS USED FOR A NIGHTIE AND UNBELTED
HATCHING COAT. RUFFLES AND TUCKS TRIM
THE ENSEMBLE.
°PaJAMAS OF BLUE SATIN
AT THE RIGHT, BELOW, HAVE A HIGH NECK AND
DRAPED SLEEVES. T^ROGS FASTEN THE BODICE
AND LONG FRINGE EDGES THE SASH. .
j~T\_GtApy? _
of the Willacy County News and
George L. Lochrie, then secretary
of the Raymondvllle Chamber of
Commerce decided that as Willacy
county produced the first onions to
reach the markets of the nation
each year, a large crop might net
only be liighly profitable but also
be the means' of getting Willacy
county known to the 48 states.
The Valley was notified the fol
lowing week that Willacy county
was on tin road to fame when Mor
titz’s newspaper appeared with a
blazing head line announcing “Ray
mond ville to Hold Onion Fiesta.’’
With the paper's appearance began
lilans for the world's first celebra
tion in honor of the onion.
On March 13. 1929. 20 cars dec
orated with onions made a tour of
the Valley advertising a fiesta to be
held on March 13. Those onion cars
were all that were needed. A far
greater crowd than had been ex
pected appeared in Raymond villi
on the 15th and attended the full
day program.
That night Queen Noino I. Miss
Doris Clark, was crowned queen of
the celebration. The first queen ’«d
a giant street dance later that
night, and the world’s first oni'm
fiesta ended.
So successful was the one-day
celebration that it was immediately
decided to make the fiesta an an
nual event, to be held each year in
the midst of the onion season.
The American Legion, in charge
of the next year s celebration decid
ed that the success of the first was
such that the fiesta should be ex
tended to a three-day affair with
a greatly-enlarged program. Carni
vals and attractions were obtamel
lor the second celebration, which in
addition to meeting the requ re
ments ol making Willacy county
known to the world and in getting
under way a "million dollar crop,"
proved a financial success itself.
In the following years the fiesta
has expanded until it is looked
upon as one of Willacy count; s
loremost celebrations.
This year's fiesta, to be held ear
ly m April, is expected to be the
greatest In Willacy's onion produc
ing history.
How the Fiesta has grown from
a desire to advertise Willacy coun
ty and Willacy county's onions to
the celebration of an important in
dustry interesting.
About 15 years ago the first com
mercially grown onions were grown
in Willacy by Milt White as an ex
periment. He allotted two acres to
the crop, and found that after
carefully keeping records of his in
vestment, tune spent and a tair
wage for his labor that he received
a net profit of $450 from the two
acres. News of his success reached
the ears of land men immediately
and prospects were often •‘sold” on
the adaptibility of the soil to onion
growing and the crop’s high re
turn.
The next season six planters had
become sufficiently interested :n
While's experiment to follow it ui.
The six men decided to work a ctop
together, and found a suitable plot.
They planted 15 rows of onion seeds
between each two rows of citrus
trees already on the land, utilizing
all available space in the orchaid.
Clyde Stevens, then cashier of the
Raymondville State bank, took 12
acres; A. R. 'Woods, a tourist from
Massassachusets took 12; C. S.
Stockwell toe* another 12. and also
did Charles Boner and A. R. Bush.
Records kept during the season
showed that the crop had aveng
ed $2.25 to $2.75 a crate, with an
average of $397 an acre from ail
six patches.
From that time each year has
seen an additional amount of Wil
lacy county's acreage planted in
onions, until nearly 10.000 acres are
producing onions this year.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends for their kindness and the
beautiful floral offerings sent in
our recent bereavement.
Mrs. Rita L. De Rendon
and family.
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TEXAS SOLONS
TAKE REST TO
verasoNS
AUSTIN, March 25. —The
legislature stood adjourned today
for the week-end, with the peni
tentiary committees of both houses
concluding an inspection trip to
the prison properties in southeast
Texas.
The end of the week found the
legislature rid of the first of the
four major appropriation bills.
for th esupport of the judi
ciary. On Thursday both h
a, proved a compromise bill calling
for a reduction of 31 per cent from
the judiciary appropriations of two
years ago. The salaries of all
judges for the next biennium were
slashed deeply.
The house was near the end of
its itemized study of the depart
mental appropriations bill. It had
spent much of the week on that
proposal. The house already had
passed the eleemosynary appro
priations hill, and the senate
planned to consider it next Mon
day.
The biennial attempt to legal
ize betting on horse races again
proved unavailing. By a one vote
margin, the house killed the bill
early in the week after the pro
ix>sal had failed of engrossment
by eight votes.
A large crowd was expected to
attend a hearing next Monday
night before the house state af
fairs committee mi a bill to legal
ize 3.2 per cent beer. The bill must
be passed before beer can be sold
legally in Texas Louisiana is the
only state bordering on Texas
which has acted to legalize beer.
SOUTH’S DRY
TRADITIONS
GIVEGROUND
ATLANTA, Ga., March 25. (4*)—
Beer may wash the borders of
I Dixie like the Ohio and the Mis
sissippi. but. so far, only one state
has defected definitely from the
dry tradition of the solid south.
Louisiana's repeal of its state
prohibition law yesterday set it
apart from the rest of the deep
south as a place where 3.2 per cent
beer and wines may be made and
sold but there were several moist
spots around the edges.
Kentucky Gets Beer
In Kentucky. Atty. Gen. Wooton
has ruled that since the Kentucky
prohibition law does not define al
coholic content of beer, anything
that congress authorizes may be
sold in that state.
In Virginia, state law: prohibit
the sale of beer and other alcoholic
beverages and Gov. Pollard has re
fused to call a special session of the
legislature to change them or ar
range lor a convention on repeal.
The next regular session is in
January.
North Carolina and South Caro
lina similarly prohibit 3.2 per cent
beer under existing laws. Bills arc
pending in the legislatures, now in
session, on legalization and on re
peal conventions.
The state of Alabama only re
cently legalized near beer and bills
for 3.2 per cent beer are now in the
hands of legislative committees, ap
parently dead A bill for a repeal
convention bill is now on Gov.
Miller’s desk.
Arkansas has had a bone dry
law since 1915. A beer bill died in
committee ih the legislature but 4
repeal convention has been set fot
August 1 after an election of dele
gates July 18.
Tennc sce has a prohibition law
but Atty. Gen. Roy Beeler says
"possibly” the federal definition of
3.2 per cent alcohol might be ac
cepted as non-intoxicating in thal
state in lieu of a state definition.
A beer bill is pending in the legis
lature.
Mississippi lias a bone dry law
and no repeal action is in sight.
Georgia Tables Beer
Georgia has a bone dry law and
a beer bill was tabled by the re
cent legislature while a repeal con
vention measure got stuck In a
legislative jam.
In Florida, all alcoholic beverages
are prohibited but some have ad
vanced the theory that since courts
have ruled one half of one per cent
alcohol in beer not violative of the
law they may hold 3.2 per cent
similarly not violative. The legis
lature meets next month.
.
Opens Monday
Never before has Annette Ram
ming offered such marvelous bar
gains at such an appropriate time.
California's latest models through
out and all are priced to sell.
Attractive Easter Coats
at attractive prices
Ace High Values will _
sell these Coats in
a Hurry
Without a doubt this is one of the most
unusual coat sales that we have ever
held. The coats are of such high
quality and such perfect styling that
you cannot afford to be without one.
Basket weaves. Tweeds and Flannels
and beautiful White coats that for
merly sold for $19.75 and $29.50
i priced to sell at—
and
$13s°
Millinery that Sparkles II
With Newness
Don't overlook these values in spring
millinery, all shapes, all colors and
shades and we want to sell them and
are passing along these amazing val
ues to you, regular prices were $2.95
to $6.50 and we have priced them to
sell in three groups at—
1 $1.00 - $2.50 - $3.50
Marvelous Dresses
for the Easter parade <■
Wash frocks of I let, Batiste. Linens
and prints, regular price $1.95 to
$2.95—SPECIAL
$1.65
A gorup of Irish Linen, Hand Em
broidered Linens, Silk Prints and
Pique. These dresses are regularly
priced at $3.95—SPECIAL
$2.65
See this group, Linens, Crepes. Print
ed Crepes and Triple Sheers, regular
price $5.95 to $9.95—SPECIAL
$4.65
A group of our best sellers, that are
priced at $12.50 to $16.95 consisting
of “snappy” afternoon frocks in silk
and crepes—SPECIAL
$9.95
Our $19.75 group has been really re
duced for this event. Crepes and
Wash Silks and Triple Sheers—
$13.65
Costume Jewelry
% STYLED TO
r. THE MOMENT
You’ll love the color
and sparkle of this new
jewelry—it’s most ef
fective.
TO MATCH
YOUR NEW
EASTHR
OUTFIT
you’ll never again have an opportun
ity for such bargains.
Dainty Lingerie
We are proud of these pure
bilk slips. Lace trimmed, for%i fit
ting and they are regularly priced
at $2.95. For our Easter Sale they
are going at—
An Unusual Pre-Easter Event
Without question this is the most
unusual event ever held in the Valleq.
The Valley’s finest ready to wear
stock has been reduced to unbelievably
low prices and at a time just before
Easter this sale is sure to meet with
unusual event ever held in the Valley,
you call at once.
ANNETTE RAMMING SHOP
HARLINGEN