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REPEAL VOTE ON AUGUST 24 SEEMS LIKELY ' I i AUSTIN. Ptb. 2«.—MV- a vote by Texans next August 24 on repeal of state liquor prohibition appealed .likely Tuesday after unanimous .agreement of a senate committee for submission. * Wets and d^ys Joined under the .Whip of the democratic party and the administration in the senate constitutional amendments commit tee to recommend adoption of a Joint resolution submitting the question The democratic party’s platform called for submission. Gov. James V. Allred, although opposed to re Eti, renewed the demand in his tlal legislative message to permit the people to express their will. Date of the election provoked slight dissent, but the demand o! antl-prohibltionlsts lor submission at a time apart from other proposals to amend the constitution predom inated. August 24 was about as soon as an election could be ordered. , Liquor legislation, not so far ad vanced in the house, likely will bob up again In the legislature this Week. A house committee set the question lor consideration Thurs day. Regulator; bills proposing a state monopoly or a licensing system have been introduced. The proposal to amend the constitution was the only measure pending in the sen ate. however. The amendment by Senator Weaver Moore of Houston, would permit local option elections on both the method of control and the alcoholic content of liquor to be legalized Counties dry when State prohibition became effective Jxi 1929 would continue In that status until cit-zen* voted other wise ALABAMA VOTES ON DRY REPEAL BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 26 — Ufr>—Alabama voters wrote their verdict Tuesday on the state’s 20 year-old prohibition laws. ■ Casting ballots on three questions, they had thair first opportunity since 19 9 to state their position on liquor control in the state. The result wili servp onlv as a guide for the legislature when It reconvenes Aoril 30 Should the modifications win. the •ale of alcoholic beverages still would be illegal until the legislature enacts statutes repealing the pres ent dry laws, »he most stringent in the nation, and provides for legal •ale The three questions before the voters were: i. Shall Alabama’s present dry laws against the manufacture, sale and distribution of prohibited liquor be modified? 1. Shall the manufacture, sale and distribution of beer and wine be le galized in Alabama? S. Shall the manufacture, sale and distribution of hard liquors be legal ised In Alabama under strict state regulation but under no condition any saloon? ARKANSAS ALSO CONSIDERS LIQUOR LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Feb. 28 — (n—Whether Arkansas will discard its J9-year-o!d prohibition law hing ed Tuesdav on agreement between the state house and senate on rival liquor legalization measures. Separate bills—different in many ways but both proposing package liquor sales—were passed by the house and senate late Monday by bare. majorities * Qov. J. Marlon Fuirell who favors State liquor stares, has Indicated he Will follow the legislatures wishes • The senate clamped the emer gency elause on Its bill after ap IMOVlUf the plar. by a vote of 18 to U. The house passed Speaker Haive STbom s bill for package sales. to 48. but refused by three votes to adopt the emergency clause. If the house bill as it now stands, without the emergency clause, is adopted by the senate and signed by the governor, it will not become a law for 90 days, and six per cent cf the voters of the state may initiate a vote on the measure at the next general election lnl936 Passage by the house of the aenate measure would make liquor legal It once with the signature of the governor Bponso > of the measures are ex pected either to decide which of the bills are tr be called up for passage in the other house or agree ^amendments to make both pro posals Identical 3 OFFICERS (Continued From Page One) amount* were lowered to 83.00(1 each. Olivares, a young Banta Rosa rancher, was found dead in a field near Santa Mar .a on the morning of Doc. 18. , ^ • The defendants waived prelim inary hearing after entering pleas of not guilty and were bound over to the grand Jury in 81.000 bonds At the opening of the Present term of criminal court, Collins ap peared before the grand Jury and asked that the indictment be re turned » City Briefs Week-end Specials — Breakfast ta ble and chairs. Aluminum and enamel kitchen utensils. Browns ville Hardware. Adv Depuu U 8 Marshal D. S. Wright, lira. Wright , and Deputy Sher.n George Mi ler relumed r.ere Mondaj Wright snd Miller returned after taking fede al prisoners to Leaven ■worth atopping by Houston to Join IMDra Wright who was hurt in an ■automobile accident near there re I Wrty-seven dogs were placed tn ■the city pound M nday when s cax ■paign against vie ous animals was ftegun. In the last -clean-up” cam paign. more than 830 dogs were kill flfrA JEtalph Stone and children nave returned from a visit with Mrs ■Etoaa’a mother. Mrs Mary Hick knan. in San Antonio. I R*mpo Vaalleff of the Rirapo pud'o Service. Is in San Antonio at tending the Grunrw refrigerator Bearers' meeting. I Milk-fed Spring chicken supper ■ad all trimmings with hot biscuits, B5c. Anthony's Wafile Shop —Adv. What The Legislature _Is Doing AUSTIN. Feb. 26. t*V-The Tex as house Tuesday refused to sub mit a constitutional amendment , aoolishlng the poU tax u a prere quisite to voting after opposition [ to the proposal cnarged u would open the way lor election of negro f , omcials ana members of the leg islature and cripple the school , tund. The resolution received a scant majority, 6? to 61, but fell far snort of the 100 votes necessary to sub mit. It may be brought up again. Hot debate followed Its presen tation by Representative W. A. Shoiner of lempie. Pointing to pictures of negro memoers of the house hanging in the gailery. Representative oea Roane of Rosen Derg asked: “You would feel tunny if that negro from Dallas came down here and sat baside you in this house, wouldn't you?” Several negroes served In the Texas house following the Civil j War and a negro liwyer Is a can didate for the house seat vacated by Sarah T Hughes, recently ap pointed Dallas district judge. ‘‘We haven't had any negro me.i oers since the poil tax," Roane continued.’ That why I think it is a good law. In 188a my county had all negro officers.” Shofner charged it was undem- 1 ocratic to levy a tax on the right '< to vote. “Let s try democracy fcr a while," he said. "II It's going to tail lets find out about it. I believe we should tax everything before we tax the right of a citizen to vote." Shoiner charged thit under the exiting tax tne "riff-raff’’ with money to buy a poll tax could vote while many poor, but honest, citi zens were disfranchised. He denied { repeal of the poll tax would work an irreparaole hardship on school fund revenues but added: "We should not enslave parents to send their children to school." "Do you favor enfranchising tne negro?' Representative Vernon be- i mens of Rainbow, asked. , "Under the present system a negro is about to be elected in I Dallas county.” Sho ner replied. "The house Is the judge of its own members and oould refuse to seat a negro." “If you repeal the poll t»x about a half d:zen negroes will be sent to the legislature," Lemens com mented. Titled Europeans Visit City Again Nicolas, Baron de Ounzburg oi Paris, and the Duke de Verdura of Palmero, Italy, returned to Browns ville Monday afternoon by plane from Mexico City where they had oeen on. a 10-diys' visit. The two titled Europeans eame through here February 15. drlvmg down frojo San Antonio and taking a Pan American plane to Mexico City i where they spent the pist 10 days They spent several hours in Brownsville Monday afternoon, be fore leaving by automobile for points north. Extension of River Compact Requested AUSTIN, Feb. 36. Governjt Allred Tuesday asked the legislator to extend the interstate Rio Grants compact until June 1.1987. The com pact governs the division amon* Colorado. New Mexico and Texas the waters of the Rio Grande abiv# Fort Quitman in Hu. I stto county Texas. . . 1 Unless the agreement Is extended, it would expire June 1. 1935. Mere-1 oers of the Rio Grande compiet commission voted unanimous for ex-1 tension at a meeting at Sinta Fe last; month. Texas was represented at cants Fe bv Major Richard F. Bur 368 of El Paso._ Texan Feared Dead Asks For Fare Home WICHITA FALLS. Feb 26. UP)— R. T Brock, the Bowie grocer for whose body Lak Wichita had been dragged for the last ten days, call-1 ed City Marshall Charles Jackson of Bowie early Tuesday from San - Antonio, asking that Jackson lo cate his wife and have her send him fare home. He requested that money be sent to a San Antonio bus station. Brock told Marshal Jackson he was well, but he refused to discuss his disappearance. Jackson said Brock seemed very nervous. Bressett Rites Held McALLEN. Feb. 28— Funeral ser j vices (or Mrs. Henry Bresett of Las Vegas. N. M., mother of Carl Bresett prominent Upper Valley shipper, were held here Monday afternoon from Kreidler Chapel. The body was sent to Las Vegis for Interment. Mrs. Bresett died at the h:me of her sifter. Mrs. William Elgie of Alamo. Sunday, after an Illness oi six years following a paralytic stroke. She was bom in Wabash, Ont.. Can ada. December 2. 1860. and with her husband and farily moved to Las Vegas in 1917. Mr. Bresett died in I 1929. . Surviving are three sons. Del , : Brese:t of Las Vega\ Warren Bre- \ sett of Santa Rosa. New Mexico, and ! carl Bresett of Alamo; one daugh ter. Mrs Fern Lancaster oi Roswell New Mexico; a sister. Mrs. Elgie of A’amo; and a brother. Frank Ruble of Chatham, Ont.. Canada. Rev. Clark, pastor of the Alamo Baptist Church, and Rev. M. A- Tra vis. pastor of the Alimo Community Church, officiated at the services | ; here. Two Are Bound Over Francisco Oarza and Cosine Tor res. both of Harlingen, were bound to the federal grand Jury on cus toms liquor charges here Monday when given preliminary hearing be fore U S. Ccmmlsifoner F A. Hino josa. Torres trade a 1200 bond and Francisco Oarza failed to make $38C bond The men were taken Into custod' j near Harlingen by Border Patrol i man B P. McClung at which time the defendant* are alleged to hive i had 10 ealon* of mescal In their possession. Native flowers shioped from Aus tralia to London retail all their natural fragrance and freshness The flower* are packed in molds and frozen before being placed aboard ship. * GUNMAN’S TRAIL GROWING COLD McKINNEY. ret. M- OP>—Thr haunts of Raymond Hamilton, his hiding places after bank raids, were watched from ambush by groups of officers Tuesday as the drive to capture Texas' death-house fugitive grew more intense. Early raiding squads quietly vis ited hideout* in nearby Wise coun ty. returned empty-handed and said they would watch closely for appearance of Hamilton and his new traveling companion, wlelder of a machine gun In a brush with ofiicers near here Monday night. Wise county officers, directed by Assistant County Attorney Jen nings C. Brown and State High way Patrolman Marvin V. Roach, searched fruitlessly throughout the night in wooded sections after be ing tipped Hamilton was headed their way. Six known haunts of the West Dallas killer were visited. Officers said Hamilton had visited the county several times within the past three weeks. When last seen Hamilton and his companion, at the wheel of a stolen coupe, were headed north from Port Worth. There they stole the car after releasing three youths they had kidnaped early Monday from a Collin county farm house to facilitate their getaway. The boys, Buster Mayes J. C. Loftice and J. C. Harlow, said Hamilton gave them %2 and told them to “get on back home and keep your mouths shut" The boys said they had been well treated and were allowed to return home in the car Hamilton took early Monday from William Mayes, father of Buster. The group stop ped at Denton and Fort Worth for food during the day, the boys said. VALLEY-WIDE (Continued From Page One) Brown of Edinburg. Melvin Oleae of Edoouch-Elsa. J O. Cox of Alamo. Bill Ray of Donna. I. R Stahl of Weslaco. Prana M Hall of Mercedes. A1 F. Parker of La Ferla. R. L. HU1 of Harlingen, George Lochrle of RaymondviUe. W. W Housewlrght of San Benito. W. E McDavitt of Brownsville, J. R. George of Rio Hondo and Cleve Tandy of Los Presnos-Port Isabel The committee was suggested by a nominating committee composed of L P Boling. Mercedes; Harry Ratliff. Weslaro; Pete H. Smith. San Benito; and Paul T. Vickers, Mc Allen. All are managers of cham bers of commerce In their respective cities. R Roy of Brownsville, Cameron county member of the growers* committee which mgde the trip to Washington, gave a detailed report of the committee's trip and outlined carefully the results of the group's contacts. Report on Trip K C. Barnhart of McAllen, chair man of the Hidalgo county unit of the association and Hlda.gj com mitteeman, brWed the trip and touched on contacts made by the committee. Its other members were E A. Warren of Lyford, Willacy county committeeman, and Homer P. Huntley of Harlingen, chairman of the aasociation's price stabiliza tion committee. Barnhart's report was In written form and was made available to newspapermen. He recounted that the committee received exceptional assistance from Texas Senators Tom Connally and Morn* Sheppard and Representative Milton H. West of Brownsville. Senator Sheppard told the committee its problem was the most important ever brought to his office. Member* of the committee de clined to comment In detail on their conference with members of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Barnhart stated the committee was given details of rail rate structures and that as for as the differential rate war, concerned, the railways could remove this extra charge on Valley shipments or change the boundaries of the Texas and Okla homa differential territories so as to exclude the Valley from payment of the differential. Barnhart quoted from the fold ings of the Tnte.state Commerce Commission In what Is commonly knowm as the “old Southwestern rate case" to prove the committee's con tention that the differential charge can be removed at the desire of the rail lines. He told the meeting the committee was Informed by rail officials that it was so Interwoven with the present rater that its seg regation was impossible and quoted the rate caae findings to refute this statement. Given Two Weeks He read further from the same report to show that differential charge? accrue in their entirety to the railway on which the shipments originated and that the differential charges are not prorated among all llines handling the shipment. The Hidalgo commltte?man stated the commission secretary a'iowed the committee two weeks In which to reach some agreement with the railways before calling a bearing by the commission on the matter. He asserted that conferences with Southern Pacific and Missouri Pa cific officials in Houston and St. Louis, both enroute to and on the return trip from Washington, re sulted in agreement of Missouri Pacific officials for a conference with a view to adjusting the pres ent differences. This conference is enacted within the next two weeks, cither in Houston or the Valley In the meantime, the committee appointed Monday night wlU ar range to assist the growers’ com mittee in maoping a plan of action with a view to pushing the matter to an Immediate settlement, accord ing to the decision at the gathering her*. Patent Sought For Frost Protector Application for patent on a frost protector for winter vegetables has been filed by H O. Stllwell Sr. of Brownsville. The plant protector is one that the veteran Valley horticulturist de veloped 30 yearc, ago. and which he used then successfully In protecting young watermelons, cantaloupes, and other such produce. It consists of light frame boxat on hinges, with a wire strung along the top of them, so that an entire row of produce can be covered or uncovered In an instant "The value of produce grown early la sufficient to Justify purchase of these protectors and placing them in the field until the plants are growi^" the inventor said. LOW READING (Continued From Page One) i and beans Much of the tomato and I bean crop hai been replinted since the January cold O'ben Expect Fnew Temperatures over the Valley Monday night ranged from 40 to 42. I Reports to the weather bureau here [showed Rayrcndvflle and|Edinburg 1 40. Mlsslcn 41. Mercedes 43. La Ferli I 42. Harlingen 42. Donna 42. Browns ville 42 and the Brownsville airport 41. At Cxrrtzo Springs the mercury dropped to 33 and at Dilley it was 31. with a hard freeze exoected In the Winter Garden Tuesdav night. Liredo had 36 Monday night. COLD ABATES IN NORTH TEXAS (Bv the Associated Press) The sudden cold wave which brought flurries of snow and sleet to Texas abated In the northern part Tuesday, with temperatures climbing steadily under clear skies. The weather bureau said colder ' weather was likely In south Texas Tuesday night. Early morning mercury read ings slumped below freezing over most of t .e state but frost damage , was reported to be negligible. Light snow lay on the west Tex as plains around San Angelo and banked sleet was melting slowly In various parts of north Texas. Minimum temperatures Tuesday morning Included: Plalnvlew, 10 above; Paris. 22; Wichita Palls. 17; Denton. 20; McAllen. 39; Laredo. 36; Longview, 26; Shreveport. La.. 28. Sherman. 20; Beaumont. 32; Corpus Chrlstl. 35; Corsicana. 25; San Angelo. 22; Tyler, 19; Browns ville, 42; Dallas. 22.8; El Paso, 20; Abilene. 20; Palestine, 28; Amarillo. 12; San Antonio. 28; and Austin. 30. The forecast was for a tempera ture between 32 and 34 degrees in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Tuesday night, according to the Dallas Weathei Bureau. Some damage to early gardens snd fruit around Denton was re ported. The Laredo district had expected a freeze Tuesday morning but It failed to materialize and vegetation escaped damage. Attorney Faces Trial In ‘Paid* Testimony DALLAS. Feb. 2«.—<#)— N. 0 Outlaw of Post, Texas, attorney for a west Texas sheriff charged with the slaying of a federal narcotic agent, will be brought to trial here i Thursday on a charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice. Federal authorities filed the charge alleging he had offered C. M. Loe, also charged, the sum of $503 to offer false testimony before 1 the federal grand Jury In connec tion with the machine gun killing of Spencer Stafford, narcotic agent. Outlaw also Is under Indictment for subornation of perjury. He is attorney for Sheriff W. p. Cato of Oarza ccunty. who with D:. L W Kitchen. Dr. V. A. Hartman and Tbm Morgan, all of post, is charged with the agent’s death. Cuba’s ‘Schoolboy* Strike Is Threat HAVANA, Feb. 20. Cubas "schoolboy" strike threatened Tues day to become a general revolution ary walkout seriously endangering the regime of President Carlos Men dieta. The government laid responsibility for the nationwide movement at the door of the communists, while po ll oe acted to round up the instigators Their belligerency unabated, the strikers, bent cn forcing the resigna tion of President Mendlela and his 30vemment, formed a "united front" and pushed their campaign through out the island. KENNAMER TO ENTER PRISON _______ PAWNEE. Okla., Feb. 20 (/IV-Phil | Kennarer. whose counsel has ex pressed determhntion not to seek his reieare on $25,000 bond, will be taken March 5 to the elate peniten tiary to begin serving his 25-yeir manslaughter sentence for the slay ing of John Oorrell. But. C. B- 8.uirt, venerable de fense attorney said at Oklahoma City Monday night: -We believe that the conviction will | be reversed and that Phil will walk away from the McAlester peniten tiary in a few tronths a free mm.” "We think It wise not to release the boy from priaon" Stuirt said. "That was my answer to his father and he his agreed to follow It.” Federal Judge Franklin E. Ken nirrer. father of the youth, was awav , from his Tulsi home and could not be reached for a statement. Phil Kcnnamer. 19-ye:r-old preen-1 clous socialite, remained In his cell. at the sandstone Jail here, the one ne | occupied last week during the aau-1 sitlonal trill which ended with his conviction Thursday night and hl» sentencing Saturdiy. CULTIYATFD (Continued Prom Page One) The census shows a total of 1288 farms there on January 1. 1935. ** against 814 farms shown bv the U S. census of 1930 While the figures are not complete for Hi dalgo and Cameron counties. Mr. Miles stated that “all Indications are that Cameron county will show | a large Increase, with approxi mately twice as many farm and ranch operators In 1935 as shown In 1930. “In Hidalgo county the present census will probably show an In crease of from 3000 to 3500 farms over the 1930 flyure ” Miles point* dout that the In crease in farms has been so great as to require seven additional enu merators for the three Valley coun- ! ties, and his request for these enu- j merators has been granted. Six of them are working In Hidalgo coun ty, and one In Cameron, in addi tion to the 12 for Hidalgo and 8 for Camercn already provided. No figures on 8tarr county were avs liable. The Increase In Willacy county was so surprising. Mtles said, that he rechecked the figures from sources, and established definitely that the total was accurate. He ahowed a letter frcm County Farm Agent R. W. Hutchins in which Mr. Hutchins called atten-, tlon to the remarkable increase in prodioe of Willacy county, and said that agricultural development In that county has continued dur ing the past five years In spite of cessation of development In some other sections. The Willacy county Increase Is distributed fairly evenly over the county, the figures by precincts show. I San Antonio Men Find Fishing Fine Four San Antonio men returned ts Brownsville Monday from a fish ing trip to the coist of northern Mexico after catching 102 redfish | iaturday. The fish ranged from 2 to 30 pounds. Those who made the trip were Dr Lewis C. Turner. Dr. T. Q. Duck worth. H. B Veaxsy and R. L*. Strlcx !and. all of San Antonio, and “Dad ’ Willlnghim of Brcwnsvtlle. web known .or the fishing trips to Mex ico which he arranges. KWWG to BeMoved Into Port Arthur WASHINGTON. Feb. as. 0P>—1The United Stitss Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling of the Federal Com munications Ccmmlssl'n approving the transfer of radio station “KWWG from Brownsville. Text' to Port Arthur College. Port Arthur Texas. A hurricane wrecked the station In 1933 and. while It was out of opera tion. the c*mmlsslon authorised the imasfer. The move was protested by the Magnolia Petroleum Co. and the Sabine Broadcasting Company, lessor and lessee, respectively, of radio station "KFDM.” Beaumont. Texas. Aoproxlmately 4.000 oroducts are made from coal tar; these Include Derfume and aspirin. JUST AMONG US GIRLS_. \Vhov a Ljov*j£ tyrl decides to * Puu STRINGS' to 6at, ak<zad *»c life ske <£aruu&Hi| starts paHwc^ MfcART 5TO<n<3S. rnmuamimmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm* ! TODAY’S MARKETS ] MARKETS AT A GLANCE New York Blocks Irregular; selling In rails unsettles list. Bends heavy, secondary carriers weak. Curb easy; specialties decline. Foreign exchanges steady; gold currencies Improve. Cottcn lower: M-rch liquidation; local and New Orltans selling Sugar higher; firm spot market. Coifee lower: trade selling. Chicago Wheat steady to ilrm; moisture deficiency reports. Com scout steady. Cattle strong due to scarcity; top $13.75. Hogs up 25-35 cents; due to stcrm; top $9.50. NEW YORK STOCKS NEW YORK. Feb. 28- ^P/—Trends were still a UtUe cloudy m Tuesday 's linmctt! marks:* but. bar* and there, firxing tendenclea acre In evidence. Stocks, on the whole, were slight ly improved, but the trading vornme auring most ol the session was only | about half thit of Monday. With, .peculaUve forces waiting for some news to give the list a good push, one way or the other, selectivity and cau.ion continued to dominate deal ings. Grains, cotton and livestock were in better demand, with hogs again leading the latter division Bonds were somewhat nervous. Prime cor poration loans and U. S. government ecurtttes were a trifle reactionary. I 3mill variation* weie the rule among | leading foreign exchangee. ; The best anowmg among equities probably was made by the sugar company shares which. In recent ( sessions, have been edging forward. Gains of fractions to around a pom: were recorded by Central Aguirre, i American Crystal. Cub an-AX erica n. j Qeat Western and SoutlA Porto Rico Homestake Mining lest 4 and such, ssues as U. S. Steel. Osneral Motors Chrysler. Montgomery Wird- f*** ' American Telephone. Consolidated Gis and Johns-Manville moved only a abide In either direct ion. Both Baldwin Locomotive common and nrelerred were o f 1 and 3 point* re spectively. as the corporation's ten tative reoreanlatlon plans were b* *Va!rtous sugir stocks were thought to be reflecting the steidy advance of futures and granulated The price* of hogs, which roee at Chicago ‘he highest since August. 193J broadened the hopes cf those who believe that wore mcnev in Rie firm belt is necesairv to bolster the re covery movement. NEW YORK STOCKS Sales in 100s Hi<»h Low Close A1 Chem-Dye 2 1344 134 134 Am Can 10 1184 11J4 Am Stl Fdrs 14 15 s 1*4 1£ * Am Sue Ref 25 684 674 674 Am TAT 32 106% IJjJ 1«5 Am TOb 2 794 78% 78% Anacondg 99 104 94 9 * AtehTASF 108 41% 394 39% Baldwin • 324 2% 14 Bendtx Avia 21 13 14% JJ4 Beth 8tl 47 284 26% 26% Chiys'er 105 37% 3<% 3«% Con 011 44 7% 7% 7% Du Pont De N 15 934 934 ®S 4 Gen Asp 6 154 15 15 Gen El 135 23 % 23 23 4 Gen Foods 10 3A% 354 35% Gen MOt 108 30% 29% 30 Goodvear 25 314 20% 304 111 Cen 43 13 9% 10 Insu’ra Cop 5 34 2% 2% It Harvest 34 39 % 384 394 Int TAT 52 84 7% 74 J Manv 16 50 48 48 Kennecctt 60 16 154 154 Mo Pac 1 1% 1% 1* Natl Stl 6 45% 45 45 NY Central 164 16 144 144 Penney JC 19 684 674 674 Radio 111 5 4% 4% Sears 25 334 32% 32% Soc Vac 39 13% 134 134 S Pac 72 14% 13% 14 Std Bmdf 33 174 17 17 SO NJ 34 40 39 % 39% St A Web 32 34 3% 24 Tex Corp 10 194 194 194 US Ind Al 1 384 384 384 US Stl 109 334 324 324 Warner Plct 54 3% 3 3 WU 22 36 % 25% 25% West E1AM 62 384 36% 364 Woolworth 24 55 % 55 55 NEW YORK CURB NEW YORK. Feb. 26. (**—'The curb market generally marked time In the early dealings Tuesday. Ac tivity was confined to a short list of issues, many of which held vir tually unchanged. Great Atlantic A Pacific roee 14 points in a meager turn over. Pittsburgh Plate Glass dipped near ly as much on scattered sales. Swift A Co, and American Cy anamld **B’’ were each a ahade lower. NEW YORK CURB Cities Service 48 14 1 1 S BAS 85 54 4% 4% 'ord Ltd 26 74 7% 7% Gulf Pa 10 564 56 56 United Gas 37 1 4 % NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 26. (Ah— | Cotton opened fairly active Tues day and prices were steady not withstanding the fact that Liver- j pool cables were worse than due. Although near months opened un changed to a point up. the more distant positions opened 5 to 6 points up. March notices for 16.800 bales were issued In New York, and this was held responsible for the open ing hesitation In near months. It wa« soon reported that the notices In the eastern markets were being cared for and March here rallied 6 points to 1237 and May gained three points to 12.46. The late months remained unchanged at the opening prices of 1255 for July and 12 49 for October. Near the end of the first half hour of trading the price level was 4 to 6 point* above Monday’s clos*. The market quited down consider ably as the morning progressed after k had been reported that the March n*a 4.*s issued In New York bad been stepped. Prices advanoed moderate ly on recoveries. March trading up to 12-35. May to 12 49. July to 1256 and October to 1250. or six to seven points above Monday’s close. Late In the morning prices eased c« * to 5 point* from the bast on rumors that aore of the New York notices were still circulating. March dropned to 12.33. May to 12.44, July to 1252 and October to 12.45, still one to three points above the close of Monday. PORT WORTH GRAIN PORT WORTH. Feb 26. (Ah—De wmv4 tax grain we* fHg^tiy ilfiptov ed hera Tuesday. Receipt# were eatl-, mated at 11 cars corn tnd 3 cart orghuma. Delivered Texas Oulf ports, export ( rate, or Texas cormcn point#: Wheat No. 1 hird Ml 3-4 to 12 1-4; barley No. 3 nominally 83 to 87; N> S ncm. 83-85. Sorghums No. 2 nom mllo per 100 lbs nominally 2 20-25; No. 3 nom. 2.18-23. No. 3 kifir nom 2.05-10: No. 3 kifir nor. 2.03-08. Delivered Texas common point.' or group three: Corn (shelled) No. 2 white Mexi- ; can 1.05 1-2 to 06 1-2: No. 3 white; northern M8 3-4 to 17 3-4; No. 3* yellcw 1 08 3-4 to 10 3-4. Oats No. 2 red 87 1-2 to 68 1-2; No. 3 red 86 1-2 to 67 1-2. CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAOO. Feb. 26. A*—Moder ate buying gave the grain market a strong tone early Tuesday and wheat and corn prices rose higher. Fear for the condition of winter wheat in the southwest persisted on reports that precipitation had been lieht tn the direst regions Opening H to H higher. May wheat soon rose sharply. Corn started H to 4 up. May 84*4 tnd subsequently held near the initial range. GRAIN CLOSE CHICAOO. Feb. 26. <JPt—Closing grain price. Open High JLow Close Wheat— Mav 97%-% 97% 96% 97%-H Jly 91% 92% 91% 92-92% Bep 90% 91% 90% 91-91% Corn— Mch .... . 87% May 84%-% 85% 84 84%-H Jly 80% 80% 79% 79%-83 Sep 76%-% 77% 76 78% Oats— May 70% 51% 50% 50%-% Jly 44% 44% 43% 43% 8ep 41% 41% 41 41 Rye May 64%-% 64% 64 64 Jly 64% 64% 63% 63% Sep 64% 65 63 % 63% Barley— May .... . 76 Jig • ••• •••• .... 88 FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK FORT WORTH Teb 26 -<AA—1 ru 8 D. of A.>—Hogs 800 truck hogs 30-35c higher; top 8 85; good to choice 175-280 lb* truck hogs * 8.75-85; few 150-170 lb light weight pigs down to 4 00; peeking sows steady to 25c higher 7-25-50 Cattle 600; calves 400: »n clast- ( es slaughter cattle steady; trade fairly active; one load well finish-1 ed weighty steers 10.00; 2 leads god fed yearlings 9.00-50; plainer sorts slaughter yearlings around and under 7.00; few good fat cows| in 4.00 range; butcher sorts around 3.25-4.00; slaughter calves about 25c higher; some fairly good we.gh ty averages around 6 00 8bep 400; all clashes fully steady. Tod wooied fat lambs 7.T5: few shorn fat lambs 750; medium grade shorn yearlings 5.00; aged shorn wethers 500; feeder lambs 6.00 down. — CHICAOO. Feb. 26 fJTV— fU. 8 Dept. Agr.) — Potatoes, russets slightly weaker other stock steady; supplies liberal, demand and trad ing slow; sacked per cwt.: Wiscon sin round whites D8 No. 1. fine quality .77%; Idaho US No. 1. IA0- i 55; US commercial grade 1.30. Truck Markets Grapefruit; Arts 4. Fla 25. Texas! 32. totil US 61 cars. Oranges; Arts 1. CsUf 229. Fla 49. i Texas 2. total US 281 cars. Mixed Citrus: Arts i. Calif 11. Fie 30. Texis 3. total U8 45 cars Beans: Fla 70. totil US 70 cars Cuba 8 cira. Bseta: Texas 1. total US 1 car. Cabbage: Calif 8. Fla 18. NY 39 -© Car 3. Texas 1. others 5. total US 74. Carrot* Arts 13. Calif 34. NY 7. Tex'* 1. total US 54 cara Greens: Calif 5. Fla 1. Va 6. total US 12 cars. Mixed vegetables: Oilif 32. Fla 22 Texts 25. others 3. total US 82 ears I Pea*: Calif 9. Fla 4 total US 13 cars. Peopers: Cuba 5. Mexico 8 cara Spinach: Calif 5. Texas 17, total US 22 cars TCmatoes: Cuba 38 Mexico 43 Lower Rio Grande Valley Ship Tent* forwarded Tuesday morning Feb 26; Grapefruit 32. Oranees 2. Mixed Citru* 3. Vegetable* 17 Beet* <b Cir* -ots 2. Carrots 1. Cabbaee 1. Bsets 1 Mixed Fruits and Vegetable* i. total 10 cars. Total to date th% sewn— Citrus 3735. Vegetab’e* 4550. Mixed Citrus and Vegetables 29. total 8314: o same date lest reason—Citrus 1622 Vegetables 4413, Mixed Citrus and Vegetables 22. total 8057 cara Arrangement* Made For ‘Exe*’ Banouet Ticket* to the annual banquet for former student* of the Univer sity of Texas are on sale at the of fice of John Hunter, tt was an nounced Tuesday by Supertn'end ent E. C. Dodd, chairman of the Brownsville ex-students* associa tion. The banquet win be held Satur day night, and R. B. Creager will be the principal speaker. _ Associated Charities Officers Are Named Officers and board of directors of I the Brownsville Associated CharlUes were elected Monday night as fol lows: E. E. Mockbse. president Sherwood B-shcp. first vice president: Wil liam Burnett, second vice president; Jack D’-ugherty. secretiry; and Miss Julii O'Brien, treacurer. Directors are Rev O. C Crow. O. W. Johnson. Mrs. J. K. Wells. Mr* H. L. Yates. Miss Florence Bell. H. D. Seago. Robert Brockman Augus ttn Celaya. Emmett Dodd. Mrs. R B Creager. Jim tv Lotus. Fred Keepm L. T. McCrlUster. Fred Kenners. C L. Hunter. Mrs. Orlder Perkins and Sam Perl. Ths full boird of directors will meet next Monday nlvht at the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce offloe. Sec ret iry Daughertv announced PROFESSOR OHS HOUSTON. Feb. 26. -<;Pk— Dr. Stockton Axon, professor of English it Rice Institute, died Tuesday afternoon at Memorial hospital here. He suffered a strode Morday evening gt his heme at the Rice Hotel and wss rushed to the hos pital He had been ill for seven! VALLEY WOMAN 102 YEARS OLD <•0*0*1 to rb* Herat*) LA FTRIA. Feb. Mrs Anna Howarth of tht* city Tuesday oj«| served the 102nd anniversary of ner bum, and aectared sn# 'tail fine and oould live another hon ored yeara.” The La Fen* centenarian wae born in England, and came to tho United tf.sies w.:en sue was Bin* yea.* old. living for tt years in New York. Sue came on an old sail ing vessel and the trip required r * weeks, during which t ine a severe storm nearly wrecked It. Mrs. Howart has taken an active part in church missionary wo k n*re until the past year, when she has beeir confined to her home moss ot tee tune. She recall* vividly such event* ea completion of the Atlantic cable, the early aunts of the lata P T. Samum. and other events of three quarter century ago Of nine children bom to Mrs Howarth and her husband wire# are living. They ere George Howarth of La rant and William and Bmest Howarth of Kansas City. There are 11 grand-children. great-grand children. and s great-great-grand children. Valley Future Prospects Are V iewed by Buell Brownsville and Valley prospects for new development* were reviewed at the Lions dub luncheon here Tuesday by Ralph L Buell, editor of The Brownsville Herald The growing tourist patron***, which will Increase wnen the Kenedy county gap w the Hug-the-Coas* highwjy is closed, and the growth of Industrial establishment* whien depend on deep water shipping were among the prospect* mentioned bf the editor. Another feature talk before >ne club was given by Dr. W R. 8chUs aier. president of the fiouthweii Towns Chamber of Commerce. Chi cago This organisation 1* teesin* construction of s modal highway irom the out into Mexico via Brownsville. This highway would shorten the distinct between Brownsville and Chicago by 400 atlles, it was stated. In adidtlon to the speakers, visi tors Tuesday were Dan I Stews it of Chicago. C. 8 Ktnkle of Hosnsr City. pa.. Rocert H Jackson oi Bag lnaw. Mich.. Tom J. Cottlngham of Corpus Christ! and Dr. H- J- Kap lan of Brownsville. A plan to assist in piscine Val ley fruit on the mirket was suggest ed snd is being considered by the club. _ 17 CASES ARE (Oonunuad Fro* Page One) charged with poaaeaslon at mari huana. March 11—SUte va. Kenneth R. and Geneva Brock, charged * A stink bomo breaking. State vs 11 * neth R Brock snd Oeneva Br—t. charged with conspiracy to break stink b«bi. 6t:v va. Kenneth A and Oeneva Brcck. charged with sunk bomo manufacture and p©* lesslon. (Ralph Smith, alia* Jack Mitchell, was jointly chuged ln .hese three cases and p.eadad gutLy at previou* term of court. He waa sentenced to one year in th# pa«u tentlary jp each cue with tha term* concurrent). __. _ Much 12—Stita va. Pedro Flora# and Lazaro Ouerra. charged with aa* sauit with indent to murder. <Tn**« defendant* are charged on Deputy Sheriff To* Cowart or San Benito Dec Jl. 19J3). _ March 13 —vji, Ybarra and other*, charged with buhglary. _ March 15—SUte va FrancUco Sanchez. charged with assault wtth Intent to murder. ^ „ Much 18 —«t rta v*. Agaplto Oar* cU. charged with murder. March 19—State va R L. Cul ver and L. Q Thigpen, charge or swindling- . _ March 21 —Stste va Jaaua O. Laai, chirged with receiving an conceal ing stolen property (three cue** Mirch ?5 -State va Tcmas Tre vinc. charged with murder. Ftate va Ernest T. Fagala. charged with mur der of father-in-law on dairy near am Benito (A mla'rlal was declared when this case waa first triad). ‘Revived Dead Man* Loses Fight to Live TYLER Feb. 26 —'jW— W A. Strange. 71. waa dead Tuesday— six days after he had been pro nounced "dead" by a physician who five minutes later atari rd heart and lung action again with an arenalln Injection The former sheriff of Smith county died Monday night Last Wednesday Dr. Howard Bryant saw the man's heart and lung action stop while he lay on an operating table An undertaker was summoned and an Interna left with the body. Five minutes later Dr. Bryant returned to the room, injected adrenalin into th* heart and breathing started again. For ala days he breathed under an oxy gen tent and physicians had ex pressed the belief he would regain his health. 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