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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
ON THE LOWER
RIO GRANDE
Farmers Clear This Year $500
Per Acre.
A Few Instances Of the Reward Received
this Year by Truck Growers in the
Wonderful Brownsville
County.

On the 18th day of Feb, 1907,
Mr.. o. M. Wakeman planted 8 1-2
acres, near Hidalgo, Texas, in
beans. On the 18th day of April
he began gathering the beans and
gathered 1855 bushels, which net
ted him IS cents per bushel or a
clear profit of $1263.75 in less than
two months. No fertilizer what
ever was used on this land and the
beans were only irrigated once and
that just two weeks prior to ship
ping, Mr.. Wakeman planted the
beans by drilling in rows 3 feet
apart, and used unskilled Mexican
labor, which, however, proved sat
isfactory.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
Praise for Lon c. Hill.

Lon c. Hill, formerly of Bee
vile, is the greatest man in the
Brownsville country" said J. M.
Head of Galveston, a guest at the
Brazos hotel yesterday. who has
just returned from a visit to that
section of the State.
Mr.. Hill went down to Browns.
vile not more than half a dozen
years ago and bought land when
it could be had at a very low price.
He is lawyer aud a shrewd bust
ness man. and by good investments,
l should judge that he has made at
least 100000 now.
While striving to increase his
own wealth, he has done his share,
and more, in developing the
Brownsville country. Mr.. Hill as
sisted literally in building the rail-
road aud has otherwise given his
time money and attention to fur
thering the interests of that sec
ton.
Just now Mr.. Hill is devoting
his greatest energies in developing
the town of Harlingen, which he
OWLS. The government has made
an appropriation for a survey of
the Arroyo Colorado, so as to give
nine feet of water to the gulf. The
plan has been held to be feasible,
and Harlingen is more than likely
to grow into quite town. Hous-
ton Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
THE DAILY HERALD.
TUESDAY. JULY 9, 1907
PERSONALS.

J. A. Rees of Dallas, Texas, is
registered at the Miller.
Judge Noah Allen went to Lare-
do today on professional business.
H. B. Gullett arrived last night
on the Mexican National from
Monterey.
L. E. Lawson of Mcpherson,
Kansas is here on a prospecting
excursion.
Bert Glover arrived in Browns
vile last night from cordell,
Oklahoma.
w. H. Boot of Washington, D.
c., cane in last night on the
Brownsville road.
E. S. Edgar of Winchester, In
diana, came in last night with a
party of prospectors.
Mrs. w. H. Mcdonald went to
Bessie today, intending to return
by the evening train.
Miss Eloisa Cabazos, teacher at
the public school went to Houston
today for few days vacation.
L. NJ. Levinson, who was here
trying to get a valuable franchise
from the city, returned to Shreve-
port this morning.
John Mckinley of Findley, Ohio,
arrived here last night. Mr.. Nc
Kinley and his family are interest
cd in lands in the lower Rio Gran
de Valley.
L. R. Ward and nephew OF
Jackson county arrived in the city
last night. Mr.. Ward is one of
the most popular stockmen of
south Texas.
Joe Fernandez, who has been in
the city for several weeks the
guest of Miss Consuelo Fernandez,
returned to his home in Mexico
this morning.
A. T. Ward and wife, L. Ward
and wife and L. Ward, Jr., were
among the passengers on the
Brownsville train last night. Their
home is in LIE Ward Jackson coun-
| ty.
Miss Lucille Bate, sister of T.
R. Bate, Jr., the engineer making
surveys for the proposed water
works, accompanied her brother
to this city from Bryan, Texas,
their home. She is a guest at the
Miller.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

A humorist is a man whcsescou-
ceit has been cured by suffering;
a cynic is an incurable.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
That Beautiful Gloss

comes from the varnish in Devoe's
Varnish Floor Paint; costs 5 cents
more quart though. Sold by
FRONTIER LuMBRR Co.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

Mr.. E. V. Ruthven also of Run,
Hidalgo Co., realized $500 per
acre net from 8 acres planted in
onions. Mr.. Ruthven enjoys the
distinction also of having gotten
out the first bale of cotton in the
United States for the present year.
This bale of cotton was raised, GIN
ed and baled in Hidalgo County.
-Hidalgo Advance.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

Mr.. A. F. Hester planted 9 acres
neay Run, Hidalgo county. in
onions aEd during the month of
April 1907 gathered and shipped
therefrom g cars of onions. Mr..
Hester net proceeds from said g
acres of onions was $500 per acre
or a total realization of $500 from
the 9 acres.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

Mr.. N. B. Vertress of Run, Hi
dalgo county, planted 8 acres in
cucumbers ard within four months
gathered and shipped therefrom
1850 bushels for which he realized
| $2625.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
Sudden Death.

a painfully sudden death occur
ted in Matamoros Sunday night,
when Manuel Fernandez was
stricken with heart failure and
died almost instantly while engaged
in a game of cards with some
friends at Hotel FL Paraiso. The
deceased was one of the best
known citizens of Matamoros and
for long tine he had held respon-
sible positions in the city. At the
time of this death he was
collector of market fees, a position
which brought him in contact with
a great number of people daily,
who will learn with regret of his
untimely demise. The funeral took
place yesterday.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

They will have to have q trust
buster like Mr.. Roosevelt in En-
gland before the house of lords
viii ever be abolished.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23
CRIME
Anon Negroes With that Among Other Races The
Negro the South Have Little Chance to Escape
Conviction when Arrested

it shows its head. In New York
and Chicago aud in the Pennsyl-
vania coal field, murder, robberies,
black hand practices, the malta
outrages are more numerous than
in blacklist Italy.
The Commissioner General of
immigration attributes fifty per
cent of the crimes committed in
New York and Chicago to foreign
ers. More than sixty per cent, of
the insane of New York are for
eigners, he says; while the Attor
ney General of the United States,
in a recent repord said, one in
every seven convicts in federal
prison were foreigners. The per-
centage of alien crimes in the
North is far ahead of the percent
age of the population, and yet,
these are the immigrants with
which many of the South want to
supplant the Negroes, who has an
inherent right in southern soil. If
the South wants the anarchist, the
nihilist and the malta with their
murders, strikes, robberies and
c.imes innumerable, let them come
but the South will rue it.-Refor-
mer.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

The best assurance colored
man can get of the fairness to-
wards his race of any business
house or firm, is to see that firm or
business man advertise in colored
newspaper. 1t is an established
fact in the minds of all intelligent
people that a decent newspaper
published by ard in the interest
of any race or nationality is read
by the best element of that people.
with greater interest and sympa-
thy than is any other publication.
An advertisement is not necessarily
placed in a Catholic paper, a jew
ish paper, German paper or an
Afro American paper because it is
believed that this particular class
of people do not read the firms
advertisement in the general news
papers, but because the fair mind
ed, enterprising merchant or bust
ness man fully appreciates the i'm
portance of having the members of
that race or class understand that
he is duly appreciative of their
patronage, he knows that it has the
same effect as did the personal Wis
its of the old-fashioned preacher
and politician made to their people.
Since it is impracticable for the
proprietors of large establishments
to stamp their personal individual
ity upon the many departments
thereof by personally getting in
contact with a great number who
visits and patronizes their places
they persue the next best course
of reaching the public personally,
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

The STATESMAN in previous
and to direct their attention to the great stores of
where purchases they might wish make and
during the approaching holidays be most satisfactorily made
In this here for special notice the department
The A. r. Dry Goods Co. which for its small be-
nnin phenomenal growth and present remarkable and high posi-
ton in the commercial life of the city, stands fitting and endur
of its founders.
The above the present paata home of this
increasing The building has frontage of
half block an 18th street and 30 feet on Stout street picture
the the little where the business first
started 1890 would offer most striking contrast to the present
spacious would represent single floor fronting
only 37 Sixteenth and extending depth of 100 feet
Yet this great change accomplished in the brief period of dozen
For 1902 that the moved into its present
quarters But that little of twelve years at once written
the of and sublime faith of the Lewe in
the future of Denver and the splendid testimonial to the accuracy
their judgment Here that would bedstngushed in
city, all of its appointments and filed on all Its hve
child it, and have not to watt for at
the ubiquitous walker With great
likeness particular department wsh where
with equal courtesy and attention waited upon by the clerks
You bwdered by the richness abundance and variety OF the
good things you while you charmed by the artistic and taste
full which sets them off the best advantage
decide buy here the the quality and the polite
all and you dropping dollar where could not
be spent anywhere else to better advantage
growth has been regarded marvel
view of its small beginning 1t is doubtful whether IN the ene
West there be cited instance OF greater progress IN
time however not hard to tell The
who formed this great believed and beeve IN them
And battle of life is already half Won
Then studied the local market and the wants OF the community
they brought sterling qualities which ultimately unde
the foundation of all business unrlng energy
reliability and ALL that unde
faculty call tact The old man whose name hads
Company nearly but the business on quite
smoothly posperousy under the efficient OF his
three sons the oldest D. Lewis president and general
Europe studying the markets there to en-
company provide the OF Dcnver seaonaoy with the
earliest fashions and styles.
We cannot without mentioning the of man
whose this business absolutely nece
sary to its success After sa advertising the engine
bring an people and enlist their nteresto
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

Here in the South we hear much
of the talk of crimes among Ne
groes coupled with that of their
shiftliness and desire to supplant
the Negro with foreign labor, etc,
but if those who indulge most
freely in this talk would weigh
we'll the matter, they would take
a different view of it. In the
South, the courts, judge, prosecut.
ing attorney, jury and court Off
GERS are always white and have
little or no sympathy with Ne
groes accused of crime and in
nine cases out of ten the burden
of proof rests with the Negro to
show his innocence, rather than
with the state to prove his guilt.
beyond the shadow of a doubt. 1t
is this state of affairs that has sent
hundreds of poor, innocent Ne
groes to felons' cells or to the scat
fold, when white men would have
gone scot free.
The decent. respectable element
of the race, at least here in Rich
mond, are seldom, if ever, hauled
up to court to face charge of
crime committed. This can be
verified by court officials. The
men and women who are always in
court are the same ones who have
no fear of prison bars and shack
les.
White men of high degree, re.
spected, and holding positions of
trust and honor in the affairs of
the State and leaders in things So
cially, fall from grace oftener than
do colored men occupying similar
positions among their people.
We deeply deplore the fact that
there are many worthless men and
women among the race, but it is
the same among other races. HUI
man nature is pretty much the
same the world over as it pertains
to civilized people, whether that
nature is found beneath the black
skin, brown skin, red skin, yellow
skin or white skin. And SO, among
all races and people are to be found
the good and the bad,
IL some of our white friends who
are clamoring so loudly for Italian
and Swede labor for farm hands or
for day laborers were given years
, experience among the foreign la
borers in the Pennsylvania coal
fields and from foundries or in
some of the great industries in
New York and Chicago, where a
arge element of the labor is for.
eign, the tenor of their song would
soon change. They would, in a
short time, learn that the "Black
PERIL of the South would fade in
to insignifcance before the Red
Peril" of Europe. with the trail of
murder and criminality everywhere
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

And their is no better way than
through the columns of their re-
spective class journals. Intelli-
gent people with the proper sense
of self-respect will refrain from
spending their money with people
who do not care for it. especially
when there is no advantage in SO
doing. And the merchants had
just as well understand that fact
now as later.-True Reformer.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

make it win In this advertising much than competition
be said be the life of business can live
rapidly without udicous advertising
John L. Hunter the able afab cultured husng advertising
of this store vertabe past
actful His system of advertising attractive and couchd
that the The
largely imbued with the literary instinct this
developed Mr. Hunter poems that catch
This conducted progressive wdeawake young men
employing large number of people along
red of other employees The
additional and patronze
The T. Lewis Son Dry Goods Co. when supplies
purchased.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE con-
viction and sentencing of @. B.
Boyett, charged with intimidating
Negroes was annuled by the su-
preme court of the United States.
The alleged offense was committed
in Bradley county, Arkansas, in
1905, when Boyett and other white
men drove away a number of Ne
groes employed by the Arkansas
Lumber Co. by posting notices
warning the Negroes and firing
guns in their vicinity. The whites
were tried in the federal court for
the eastern district of Arkansas
and cash was sentenced to pay a
fine of 81 900 and serve year in
prison. Today's decision was based
on a former decision in which it
was held that as Negroes are citi-
zens they must rely on the state
courts in such cases as this, rather
than on the federal canrts.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

John Walker, colored, of Macon,
Ga, was taken from Jail, riddled
with bullets and his body thrown
into log fire. He is said to have
robbed two small boys of seventy
five cents,
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

Il. McCant Stewart, once a great
force in the life of New York City,
is now a resident of Liberia, where
doubtless he is the first citizen.
Assuredly, he is the legal light of
the Republic. With President
Barclay he has just returned to
Monrovia from London, where they
went to discuss the boundary ques-
tion with the Foreign office.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

Manila, Nov. ia Japanese
and an American Negro mad a
fight at Olangapo over the right
of the Japanese to place his ma
tional flag higher than the Ameri-
can ensign on the birthday of the
Emporer of Japan. The American
was arrested and the Japanese was.
sent to the hospital for repairs.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

Cleveland has colored street car
conductors and motormen and 15
colored teachers employed in
mixed schools.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23

The Brownsville, st. Louis and
Western Railway have discharged
all Negro brakemen and are now
only using white help.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-11-23
RACE NEWS
Gathered from vAriou. sourea..

20 GgN@3 ~:
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-07-26
Fulford Affairs.

FULFoRD, July 23.-Misses Edna and
Beulah Mitchell, of Baltimore, are the
guests OF Miss Evelyn Jones.
Mrs. Margaret l.. Brown, who has
spent the past spring with her friend,
Mrs. !. w. Cole, started last Wednesday
to visit relatives and friends in Louisville,
Kentucky. From thence she will go to
San Francisco to join her daughter, Miss
Bertie Brown. who has spent the past
several years very pleasantly in this
western city.
MIR. Anthony Farrell, of Baltimore
spent part of last week with his friend,
Mr. w. B. Harvard
Miss Florence and Master Spencer
Michael, of Long Branch, are summer
visitors at the home of their aunt Mrs.
Mary R. Handy.
MIR. and Mrs. Amos Cooley and dauRh-
ter spent the weeks end at the home OF
Mr.. Ambrose Cooley.
Miss lydia Harvard delightfully."- en-
tertained some of her young friends last
Tuesday on the spacious lawn at her
home This lawn is shaded by great,
strong, wide-spreading white oak. This
tree is one of the prides of our residents,
and cxcites the admiration of many who
pass by.
Mrs. John w Cole, in company with
friends, had a delightful trip to the Rocks
last week.
Miss Blanche Rogers has returned
home after very pleasant visit with
relatives in Churchville.
| Miss Evelyn Jackson. of Aberdeen, is
spending a portion of her vacation with
her aunt, Mrs. John +. Oldheld.
Mr. Walter Brown, of North Calvert
street, Baltimore, is spending part of the
summer at the home of Mr. {. w. Har
ward.
Mrs. Carter is ENJOYING a pleasant visit
with her daughter, Mrs Elijah B. Whist
Ter.
Mr.. and Mrs Reddish, of Baltimore
are at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. w
| Harvard.
Miss May GemmiIl, of Philadelphia, i:
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
William Derickson.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-07-26
A WILD ANIMAL IN THE JUNGLES OF ABER
DEEM?

Another report that wild animal IS
hiding in the thicket back of Mr. Joseph
r. Bald wins property below this town,
has been circulating, and that several
persons claim to have actually seen it
has aroused quite little interest and
some fear on the part of those who travel
the roads at night. A posse of men and
boys have been making nightly attempts
for more than a week to kill the creature
which is described as having a brown
body about three feet long and black
legs, corresponding to the catanount or
wild cat family. A dog at Shandy Hall
farm was attacked and bitten about the
throat one night last week, thus bearing
out th..t characteristic of a wild cats
maraudings. In March of 1906, num-
Der of domestic animals were killed in the
vicinity of Bush Chapel by an animal
thought to be lynx and though seen by
Mr.. c. w. Mahan, it was not killed. If
such creature is hiding near here, its
appearance this time is accounted for by
its having possibly escaped from circus
which visited Havre de Grace in June.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-07-26
from Darlington.

DARLINGTON, July 90. Miss TrisIer
Pentz, of Baltimore, is the guest of Mrs.
William J. Shure, at "Hill Crest"
Miss May Ellicott, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Lewis Ellicott,
has returned to her home at Towson.
Mesdames r. E. Prigg and Marvin
Cooley, who have been in Boston attend
ing the funeral of their aunt, Mrs.
Simpson, have returned home.
Miss Pamela Littig, of Baltimore, is
visiting Mrs E S. Worthington.
Mrs Edwin Hopkins and Miss Helen
Hopkins are visiting friends in Philadel
phia.
Mrs. Harry Webster and daughter, o
Baltimore, are the guests of Miss Serena
Self
Rev. and Mrs. Rhorbough are visiting
in Reisterstown.
Miss Elizabeth Hopkins, who has beer
spending some time in Baltimore, is al
the home of her brother. Mr.. Johns Hop
kins.
Miss Ella Harper, of Philadelphia, i:
visiting Mrs. Frank Hopkins.
Mrs Wilbur Elliot and Master Irving
Elliot, of Forest Park, are spending thi:
week with Mrs. David E. Thomas, al
"Wayside."
Mrs Mary r. Whitelock entertained
the card club last week.
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-07-26
SHERIFF'S JURIES MAKE AWARD.

In accordance with previous adver-
tisement, Sheriff Reasin on Monday last
summoned the following jurors, looking
to the condemnation of three strips of
land, bordering on the Baltimore * Ohio
railroad, near Clayton station: ID. IL.
Silver, w. F. McNutt, ]. Harry Jarrett,
Thomas II. Wiley, Harvey Ewing. David
II. Hanson, Charles F. Harry, George H.
Ostheim, John r. Baldwin, d. G. Wilson,
N. T.Amos, John J.. Bradley, J. r. Phillips,
A. O. Richardson, N. w. S. Hays, S. A.
McGuigan, Samuel James, J. P. Whitaker,
H. c. Whiteford, David Doyle.
At this point the railroad cut is very
deep and the soil very light. SO that by
continual washing the original right OF
way was found insufficient. The railroad
desired 1 ! acres from Mrs. Householder
p of an acre from Mrs. Caroline Conncll
and 10 of an acre from MIR. Conrad
Kraft. After viewing the premises and
hearing witnesses and argument O
The aegis & intelligencer., 1907-07-26
SUPERINTENDENT.

very pretty wedding was solemniZed
at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
home of MIR. William Sauer, near Clay
ton. The contracting parties were Miss
Mollie Eckert, of York. Pa, and Mr..
George Somerman, son of Mrs. William
Sauer, by former marriage. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Mr.. Rasch.
pastor Of the Reformed Lutheran Church
the grove adjoining the house. Flags Of
the fatherland waved with those of the
adopted country, decorating the ap-
proach to the grove.
The groom wore the conventional
suit of black. The bride was attired in
steel grey silk. trimmed with Mechlin
lace.
The happy couple received the con-
gratulations of many friends and hospi-
tality was bountifully dispensed.
Among those present were Mrs. Handy,
Mrs. Weinbrenner, Mr. and Mrs. krans,
the Misses Krans, and Messrs. Oetz,
Folk and Hermann, of Baltimore; Mr..
and Mrs. Ernst, Mr.. and Mrs. Bengert,
Mr. and Mrs Whalen, Misses Whalen and
Chamberlain, Messrs. Frank Matthew
and William Brasier, Dollinger, Dischier,
Charles, James and William Massmore,
Robert Duval, George and Lewis Ernest,
James Whalen, John and George Bun
CERT, Jesse Legg, William Lomire and
many others.
Mr. and Mrs Somerman will reside in
Baltimore where Mr.. Somerman is en-
gagged in business May great happiness
and prosperity attend them.