Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-22
WITH THE EDITORS

We firmly believe that one reason why
Kingsville has gained such an enviablo
reputation as Il God-fearing. law bid
ingfi. and peace loving community is
beca'lSe of the number of Fraternal
organizations now i'm our midst. Striv-
ing and working to accomplish the great
work of the master. the universal bro
therhood Of man and the fatherOOd of
God. they are ever ready to help the
fallen brother and to help those in dis
tress. Their charity is not published
but is kept within the walls OF their
sanctums. and only the initiated know
of the good that is done to make life
happier and brighter by these various
orders. None deserve precedence. for
we know and believe they all hold out
tn helping hand minister in the time of
need and sympathize in the time of Sor-
row. A few are not vet established i'll
Kingsville and the members of those
fratcrnities have no lodge home. still
it will not be long before they will 'be
helping to build up our manhood and
womanhood in acts of Kindness and for
bGarance one toward another.
LazarrO AmadOr. a week ago a poor
obscure MeXican-in Jail for miSede-
meanor and friendlcss-nOw he is in the
hero clasSS. The BrazoS flood at Waco
gave him the opportunity. He saved five
men from death by drowning. He was
offered money. as reward. He answer
ed: II saved them for love, not for mon
ey.' We print Amador's Aztec Inca
mcnts in the Tribune today. viii 0 new
and better career open for the little
alien. We hope so.-Waco Tribune.
If YOU are guilty of %patrOnizing for
eign mail order houses don't have the
nerve to ask your home merchant for
credit when YOU get hard up.-Araisas
Pass Progress.
Harvard is to have a negro class or
ator for 1914. If this doesn 'tcatch the ne
gro vote for Harvard's most distinguish
ed son in 1916. a needless darkening of
the shade of the crimson may be regret
ted Brooklyn Eagle.
\. real estate man started us thinking
the other day when he said. IF you peO-
pie wouldn't say anything about there
beng a norther on, the hOmescekers we
bring in would never know it. The
worst weather YOU have SO much bet
Ter than the best they are used to in
the North at this time of the year that
they are more than pleased with the
Valley when they run into a Norther.-
Donna Dispatch.
1t is said that one man out of every
forty in the United States owes his
means of livelihood to the inventions of
Thomas A. Edison. His nearest compel
itor for employment honors is the man
who invented politics. Sort Worth
Record.
The mayor OF Houston. acting on adj
vice of the board of censorship. has re-
fused permission for the presentation
in that city of the play The Traffic"
i synopsis of the play and its adver-
tisemcnts are sufficient to cause any CITY
to bar it%.-Temple Telegram.
x y
j Neither Pujo Glass or Owens ap.
pears to have struck the cruX of the
trouble about our banking system. They
will find it in the pernicious custom of
insisting on gold bonds or the endorse
mcnt of three well known millionaircs
when the man who really needs the mon
ey asks the bank for it.-New Orleans
Item.
More. those congressional candidates
who remained at home last fall can ex-
tract bitter consolation from the fact
that their successful competitors didn't
get any mileage between the special and
regular sesSiOnS.-HouStOn Chronicle.
A~girl who is employed in an uptown
picture show to Operat the inner player
was instructed to always play something
appropriate to the picture shown on the
screen. and she did. When Il bear chased
a fleeing gentleman across the Pickering
stage she struck up. God Be With You
Till We Meet .A~gain."-New Orleans